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Mount Godwin Austen
see synonyms of mount godwin austenNoun
1. dapsang, godwin austen, k2, mount godwin austen
a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high)
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Mount Godwin Austen
see synonyms of mount godwin austen A peak in the Karakoram Range of northern Kashmir in the region controlled by Pakistan. At 8,611 m (28,251 ft), it is the second-highest mountain in the world. It was designated K2 in 1856 because it was the second Karakoram peak to be measured for height and was later (1888) named for Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), a British surveyor.
See K2.
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