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What is the name of the second highest peak in the Himalayas?

Kangchenjunga

Lhotse

K2

Annapurna

Mount Kangchenjunga lies about 125 km (78 mi) east-south-east of Mount Everest. It is the second highest mountain of the Himalayas. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, and lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga

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Austria

55%

2%

34%

6%

43

Italy

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39%

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23

Australia

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15%

21%

10%

19

India

39%

3%

48%

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58

Israel

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11

Greece

34%

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43%

17%

23

Poland

29%

10%

45%

13%

3574

Germany

25%

8%

55%

8%

197

the United Kingdom

25%

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56%

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64

the United States

20%

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9%

116

Switzerland

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30

the Netherlands

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Republic of Ireland

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90%

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Where does the name K2 come from?

name of Polish climber - Jerzy Kukuczka

the fact it's second in height in the world

name of the Karakoram Range

the name "King George II"

At what temperature does water boil at the top of Mt Everest?

68°C (154.4°F)

101,4°C (213,8°F)

100°C (212°F)

98,6°C (208,4°F)

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb Mt Everest. But which of them was the first to step on the summit?

it is not known

Reinhold Messner

Which of the given territories is the largest by area?