Places

Who was Mount Godwin-Austen named after?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/mount-godwin-austen-named-after-93830.html" >Who was Mount Godwin-Austen named after?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

It was discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856, and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin-Austen , who explored and surveyed the region.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about K2 . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What explorer was Mount Godwin-Austen named after? Who gave Mount Godwin-Austen its name? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

50 for fun; Phil Brown's trivia quiz.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) ...football next season after beating Leeds...prospect of being named sole supplier...surveyors as Mount Godwin Austen, by what name...Horse Pass - named, logically enough, after an incident in...metallic element is named after the Latin...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.