Of the ten highest mountains in the world, which is the only one not in the Himalayas?

Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori is the second highest mountain in the world. The mount commonly known as K2 which 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, labelling them K1 and K2.

K2 is 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang. K2 is the only mountain in the top ten highest mountains that is not in the Himalayan Mountain Range.

Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China and is part of the Himalayan Mountain Range.

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft). Mount Kanchenjunga is located on the boundary between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim.

Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) above sea level. It is located at the border between Tibet (China) and the Khumbu region of Nepal and part of the Himalayan Mountain Range.

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earlepg

I made a quick survey of sites saying that Kerakoram was separate from the Himalayas or a part of the Himalayas. Without getting into specifics, it looked like it was 10 to 1 against, which would validate the article's separating the two.

timwhitestevens

Bobbi Nelson, You are wrong.

timwhitestevens

Naked Kitty Slave, I agree.

timwhitestevens

Dennis Walker, You were correct. The Karakoram is part of the Himalayas.

timwhitestevens

Tom Stork, I agree.

timwhitestevens

You are wrong. The Karakoram is considered a sub range of the Himalayas.

Joe Mangan

John W Shreve, they only count if you can name them.

Player

K2 is in the Karakoram mountain range which is not part of the Himalayas but is attached to it. Geologists can't make it simple by classing them as one large mountain range.

Tom Stork

Wrong ,they all are all in the Himalayas.

Dennis Walker

Got me there… always thought K2 was in the Himalayas

Naked Kitty Slave

Could we not have just called Godwin-Austen K2 AND all four mountains are in or part of the Himalayas... "Mount K2. K2 (also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, Lambha Pahar, Chogori, Kechu or Dapsang) is a mountain in the Karakoram range, part of the Himalayas, on the border between China and Pakistan...". There are NO correct answers. Sigh...