Mountain range
Karakoram
The 2nd highest of the 139 mountain ranges measured in this atlas.
elevation 8,611 m · 2nd/139
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Elevation
- 8,611 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 500 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Highest point
- K2
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Countries
- 3 countries
- Share of the Natural Earth outline that lies within each country. Natural Earth outlines of mountain ranges and regions are label areas, not exact limits; provinces are therefore not listed.
- Wikidata
- Q5469
Among the world's mountain ranges
Each line is every one of the mountain ranges in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Elevation8,611 m2nd of 139 · median 2,965 m
- Length500 km66th of 114 · median 645 km
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