K2

2nd-highest mountain on Earth
Mountain mountain Q43512
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K2

Summary

K2 is a mountain[1]. K2 ranks in the top 0.038% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,032 views/month, #5 of 13,313).[2]

Key Facts

  • K2 is located in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County[3].
  • K2 is in the country of Pakistan[4].
  • K2's instance of is recorded as mountain[5].
  • Karakoram is named after K2[6].
  • 2 is named after K2[7].
  • Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen is named after K2[8].
  • K2 is part of Seven Second Summits[9].
  • K2 is part of ultra-prominent peak[10].
  • K2's Commons category is recorded as K2[11].
  • K2's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.881111111111, 'lon': 76.513333333333}[12].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as first ascent[13].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1902 Karakoram expedition[14].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1986 K2 disaster[15].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1995 K2 disaster[16].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 2008 K2 disaster[17].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 2021 K2 disaster[18].
  • K2's topic's main category is recorded as Category:K2[19].
  • K2's Commons gallery is recorded as K2[20].
  • K2's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • K2's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • K2's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • K2's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths on K2[24].
  • K2's different from is recorded as K2[25].
  • K2's different from is recorded as K2[26].
  • K2's different from is recorded as K2[27].

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Geography

K2 is in the country of Pakistan[4]. K2 is located in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County[3]. Part of include Seven Second Summits[9], a list[28] and ultra-prominent peak[10], a peak bagging classification[29].

Physical Characteristics

K2 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8611'}[30].

Designation and Status

K2's instance of is recorded as mountain[5].

History and Context

Things named after include Karakoram[6], a mountain range[31], in People's Republic of China[32]; 2[7], a prime number[33]; and Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen[8], an ornithologist[34], 1834–1923[35], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[36], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[37], specialised in topography[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for K2 include K3 surface[39], a mathematical concept[40].

Why It Matters

K2 ranks in the top 0.038% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,032 views/month, #5 of 13,313).[2] K2 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] K2 is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for K2 include K3 surface[39], a mathematical concept[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · MspreilsCN · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id 203443343
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 13681846534"
  2. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id g0005024-K2-Karakoram-cina-a-Pakistan-hora
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0005024-K2-Karakoram-cina-a-Pakistan-hora, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 5w ago · Estevoaei · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id 139841
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 139841, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192279608|K2 (#192279608)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6934|Enciclopedia Galega Universal"
  4. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Image purged license
    Instance of mountain
    Instance of
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 192623, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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