K2
2nd Hieghest Peak of the world
The North Side of K2
About :
The name K2
is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey
of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made
the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and
sketched the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2.
The policy of
the Great Trigonometric Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever
possible and K1
was found to be known locally as Masherbrum. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local
name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, the last village to the south, or from the nearest
habitation to the north, and is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, beyond which few local people would have
ventured. The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo ("big") and ri("mountain")
(چھوغوری ) has
been suggested as a local name, but evidence for its widespread use is
scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers or
simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?" It
does, however, form the basis for the name Qogir (simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰;pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng) by which Chinese authorities
officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including Lamba
Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and Dapsang, but are not
widely used.
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