PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN / پاكِستان

Golden Jubilee of First Ascent of K2.
Mount K2.
Stamp issued on 31.07.2004.
Face value: 5 Pakistani rupees.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 29 x 34 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1215.
- Scott No. 1039.
- StampWorld No. 1232.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1252.

K2, at 8,611 m (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located in the Karakoram mountain range, partly in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partly in a Chinese-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. After several failed attempts since 1902, the summit was reached for the first time on July 31, 1954 by climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, members of an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio. The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. In 1856, Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Harmukh, about 210 km (130 mi) to the south, and drew the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2, where the K stands for Karakoram. The official name of the mountain in China is Qogir (乔戈里 峰).