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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain system of northern Pakistan and India and southwest China. An extension of the Hindu Kush, it rises to 8,611 m (28,251 ft) at K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.
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- noun a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
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Himalaya, and as we reach the top of the Aghil Pass we look towards the Himalaya from the Central Asian side, on what is known as the Karakoram Range, and here at last is the remote, secluded glacier region which has been the object of our search.
The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902
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The lonely eminence of K2 (also known as Austin Godwin), the second highest peak after Mount Everest (ME), in the remote region of Karakoram Range hides the fact it is the most dangerous mountain to climb.
11 Climbers Killed in Hill Expedition to 2nd Highest Peak of the World 2008
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Pass or the one to the east running parallel with the general line of the Karakoram Range -- we feel not only far away from but also high above the rest of the world.
The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902
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He built his first school at Korphe, at the foot of the mighty Karakoram Range on the northern part of Pakistan in 1993.
nst online 2010
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K2 is not in the Himalayas but the Karakoram Range - the initial K of which provides its rather functional name.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The Siachen Glacier, located in the eastern Karakoram Range in the Himalaya Mountains just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan will soon see windmills and solar panels generating clean energy.
Green Diary 2010
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Far away in the northern Ladakh on the eastern fringe of the Karakoram Range there is a beautiful valley of Nubra.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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He named the biggest peaks in the Karakoram Range in the order that he came across them.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Too cool: K2, in Pakistan's Karakoram Range, has never been conquered in winter
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The predominant mountain ranges are the Karakoram Range, Ladakh Range, Chang Chenmo Range (China), and Deosai Mountains.
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