Which is a taller mountain, K2 or Gasherbrum III?
K2 K2 (Urdu: ‎ ), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and Urdu: ‎ ), is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8611 m 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.
Ritscher Upland Ritscher Upland (German: "Ritscherhochland" ) is a large ice-covered upland of western Queen Maud Land, bounded by Kraul Mountains and Heimefront Range to the west and southwest, and by Borg Massif and Kirwan Escarpment to the east. It was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), and named for Capt. Alfred Ritscher, leader of the expedition. It was remapped from air photos taken by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver.