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It is the world's second highest mountain, after Mount Everest. K2 (8,611 m/28,251 ft) is located at the border between China and Pakistan. The original surveyor; Thomas Montgomery, was standing on the Mount Haramukh (210 km to the south) when he sketched the two most prominent peaks of the Karakoram mountain range; Karakoram1 (K1) and Karakoram2 (K2).