What is the highest mountain peak located in Pakistan, and the second-highest peak on Earth?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)
- Step 1: Situated in the Karakoram range on the border between Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang, this peak rises to an elevation of 8,611 meters (28,251 feet).
- Step 2: Known as K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen, it is the highest peak in Pakistan and the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest.
Answer
K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen).
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