Thursday, August 25, 2011

Question - 694


What got its name from this sketch?

11 comments:

Divya Shankar said...

Second highest peak in world - Mt. Godwin Austen , marked as K2 in the survey of karakoram range done by Thomas Montgomerie (signature/K2 marking seen in sketch)

alex said...

k2

alex said...

k2

mekie said...

K2

swapnaa said...

Mt.K2? :)

NJ said...

mount K2

Krithivasan said...

Sketch by Thomas Montgomerie made during his exploration of the Karakoram. He noted two prominent peaks, labelling them K1 and K2. K1 is now known as Masherbrum, but K2 was never formally named; Montgomerie had inadvertently named the world's second highest mountain.
Krithi

Siddarth Pai said...

Mt k2

Ramki said...

K2 or Mount Godwin Austin

matti tapaninen said...

K 2 mountain

Dinesh said...

K1 and K2