2 (Urdu: کے ٹو, Kai Ṭū), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and Urdu: چھوغوری, Chinese: 乔戈里峰),[3] at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). 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.[4] K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight-thousanders, with around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities; about one person dies on the mountain for every four who reach the summit.[5] It is more difficult and hazardous to reach the peak of K2 from the Chinese side, so it is usually climbed from the Pakistani side. K2 has never been climbed during winter, unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate (191 summits and 61 fatalities),[6] or the other eight-thousanders. Ascents have almost always been made in July and August, the warmest times of year; K2’s more northern location makes it more susceptible to inclement and colder weather.[7]
Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan, IPA: [ɸɯꜜdʑisaɴ] (About this soundlisten)), located on Honshū, is the highest volcano in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.[1] It is a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708.[4][5] Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometers (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji’s exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.[6]
Mount Fuji is one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains” (三霊山 Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan’s Historic Sites.[7] It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013.[7] According to UNESCO, Mount Fuji has “inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries”. UNESCO recognizes 25 sites of cultural interest within the Mount Fuji locality. These 25 locations include the mountain and the Shinto shrine, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha, as well as the Buddhist Taisekiji Head Temple founded in 1290, later immortalized by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Mont Blanc (francosko) ali Monte Bianco (italijansko) pomeni Bela gora, je najvišja gora v Alpah, Zahodni Evropi in Evropski Uniji. Visoka je približno 4.810 m, zaradi snega se njena višina skozi leta spreminja. Goro imenujejo tudi Bela dama (francosko La Dame blanche) ali Belka (italijansko Il Bianco). Masiv Mont Blanca se nahaja v Savojskih Alpah na meji med Francijo in Italijo, vrh pa leži v Franciji. Dva najbolj znana kraja v bližini gore sta Chamonix v departmaju Haute-Savoie v Franciji, kjer so potekale prve zimske olimpijske igre, in Courmayeur v dolini Aoste v Italiji. Ker je Mont Blanc dolgo česa veljal za najvišjo goro v Evropi (prehitel jo je Elbrus (5.642 m) na Kavkazu), je že od samega začetka predstavljal izziv za pionirje alpinizma. Prva sta se na vrh povzpela Francoza Jacques Balmat in Michel Paccard leta 1786. Danes goro vsako leto obišče na tisoče alpinistov in turistov, na žalost pa so vzponi na goro, zaradi taljenja ledu, iz leta v leto bolj nevarni. Okolica gore je tudi pomembna prometna pot, zato so v ta namen leta 1957 začeli graditi predor pod Mont Blancom, ki so ga končali leta 1965 in je dolgo časa veljal za najdaljši predor na svetu. Danes predor predstavlja eno glavnih prometnih povezav v Alpah in Evropi.
Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan, IPA: [ɸɯꜜdʑisaɴ] (About this soundlisten)), located on Honshū, is the highest volcano in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.[1] It is a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708.[4][5] Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometers (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji’s exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.[6]
