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Mount Godwin-Austen

Mount Godwin-Austen proper noun: former name of K2.

Proper noun

Mount Godwin-Austen

  1. Former name of K2.
    • Arthur K. Gilkey, who was killed while trying to conquer Mount Godwin Austen (K-2) as a member of a nine-man American team, was believed to have been buried alive under an avalanche on a ridge at a height of 25,000 feet on Aug. 10, Dr. Charles S. Houston said today.[1953 September 1 [1953 August 31], John P. Callahan, “KASHMIR CLIMBER VANISHED IN STORM; New Yorker, Left Ill on Godwin Austen Slope, Had Disappeared When Party Returned”, in The New York Times, New...

Origin of Mount Godwin-Austen

After Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, English topographer.

Questions about Mount Godwin-Austen

What does Mount Godwin-Austen mean?
Mount Godwin-Austen means former name of K2.
What part of speech is Mount Godwin-Austen?
Mount Godwin-Austen is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Godwin-Austen in the dictionary

  1. Mount Fuji
  2. Mount Fuji sign
  3. Mount George
  4. Mount Gilead
  5. Mount Glasgow
  6. Mount Godwin-Austen
  7. Mount Gough
  8. Mount Gould
  9. Mount Graham red squirrel
  10. Mount Graham red squirrels
  11. Mount Hagen

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