Question

Which of the following peaks have the highest elevation?
1. Gasherbrum
2. Kanchenjunga
3. Godwin Austin
4. Nanga Parvat

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Godwin Austin

The Correct answer is Godwin Austin.

• Godwin Austen peak has the highest elevation.

• Godwin Austen or K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). 
• K2 is known as the Savage Mountain after George Bell, a climber on the 1953 American Expedition.
• The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India.
• The mountain was discovered in 1856 by Col. T.G. Montgomerie in the Survey of India.

• Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram Range of the Himalaya.
• Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world.
• It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas.
  • Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band.
• Nanga Parbat is the ninth-highest mountain in the world at 8,126 meters above sea level and is locally known as Diamer.