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Mount Sikaram is a mountain on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.

In the south of the Kabul River and Khyber Pass.

At 4,755 m (15,600 ft).

It is the highest peak of the Spīn Ghar, or Safēd Kōh, mountain range.

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The highest mountain in Turkey is Mount Ararat, which is located in the eastern part of the country, near the border with Armenia.

The peak of the mountain reaches an elevation of 5,137 meters (16,854 feet) above sea level.

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• The second-highest mountain peak in the world, Godwin-Austen (also known as K2), is located in Pakistan.
• K2 is ranked as the second-highest mountain peak in the world at an elevation of 28,251 feet.
• K2 is part of the Karakoram range.
• K2 is partially located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered.

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K2 stands at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) above sea level.

The mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor) who made significant contributions to the mapping of the region.

K2 is also known as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the Karakoram range.

K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, following Mount Everest.

K2 is situated on the China–Pakistan border.

It is part of the Karakoram range and extends into the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

Among the five highest mountains on Earth, K2 is regarded as the deadliest due to its challenging climbing conditions and high fatality rates.

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The Kirthar Mountains are a mountain range that marks the boundary between the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh

Kirthar Mountains, a mountainous region in southern Pakistan.

It stretches about 300 km south from the Murat River in central-eastern Balochistan to Cape Muari (Monze), west of Karachi in the Arabian Sea.

The mountains form the boundary between the lower Indus River basin (east) 

The highest peak of the mountains is Zardak Peak at 7,430 ft (2,260 m).

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Rakaposhi, is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan.

It is situated in the Nagar Valley approximately 100 km north of the city of Gilgit in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit–Baltistan province of Pakistan.

Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language

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Hunza: a mountain valley in Hunza district

Shyok: A valley located on Shyok River

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·         K2 also called Mount Godwin Austen, called locally Dapsang or Chogori,

·         The world's second-highest peak

·         K2 height in feet 28,251

·         K2 height in meters 8,611 meters

·         K2 second only to Mount Everest.