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Godwin-Austen

British  

noun

  1. another name for K2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s named after Mount Godwin-Austen in Northern Kashmir, the second highest mountain in the world, for good reason.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2016

Mount Godwin-Austen in the Karakorum is only about 650 feet lower than Mount Everest.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

Mr. Godwin-Austen, in his communication to the Geological Society in the year 1840, states, in his description of Kent's Hole, he found works of art in all parts of the cave.

From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

The loftiest summits are Mount Everest, 29,002 feet high, Godwin-Austen, 28,265, and Kanchinjinga, 28,156.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Godwin-Austen indicates six of these geological axes as follows: 1.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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