K2 (disambiguation)

K2 is the highest mountain in the Pakistani administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, and the second highest in the world after Everest.

K2 or K-2 may also refer to:

Places

Mount K2, an ancillary summit of Mount Kitchener

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

K2 (film), a 1991 film about climbing the mountain based on K2 (play)
K2: Siren of the Himalayas (2012), an American documentary film directed by Dave Ohlson, that follows a group of climbers during their 2009 attempt to summit K2 on the 100-year anniversary of the Duke of Abruzzi's landmark K2 expedition in 1909

Literature

K2 (play), a play by Patrick Meyers about climbing the mountain
List of books about K2

Music

Groups

K2 (Kovač sisters duo), a Serbian band
K2 (South African band), a rock band from Bloemfontein
Kee Marcello's K2, a hard rock band
K2 (German eurodance band, German Eurodance group founded by Klaus Münzert in 90'h

Albums

K2 (K2 album) (1995)
K2 (Kerfuffle album) (2005)
K2 - Tales of Triumph and Tragedy, a 1989 album by Don Airey

Songs

"K2", a 1983 song by Tony Banks from The Fugitive
"K2", a 2017 song by Elbow from Little Fictions

Television

K2 (TV channel), an Italian television channel
The K2, a 2016 South Korean television series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

K2 (board game)
Kill Me, Kiss Me or K2, a Korean comic series

Brands and enterprises

Synthetic cannabinoids, which are colloquially known as and commonly sold under the name "K2"
K2, second model of Larcum Kendall's clocks for navigation
K2 Sports, a manufacturer of skiing, sliding, and rolling-sports equipment
K2 Telecom, a mobile network operator in Uganda
Pentax K2, a camera model related to the Pentax K1000

Disasters

Military

K2 (airbase) or Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, an airbase in southeast Uzbekistan, between 2001 and 2005 used by the United States Air Force
K-2, a circa-1938 airship
Daewoo K-2, an assault rifle of the Republic of Korea Army
K2 battlecruiser, a preliminary design in the studies leading up to the G3 battlecruiser
K2 Black Panther, a Korean MBT
USS K-2 (SS-33), a 1913 United States Navy K-class submarine

Science and healthcare

K2, a mission of the Kepler spacecraft also known as "Second Light"
C/2017 K2 a non-periodic comet
Haplogroup K2, human group sharing a Y-chromosome characteristic, a.k.a. haplogroup T
Vitamin K₂
Kardashev-2 - a hypothetical civilization that uses all of the energy emitted by a star

Structures

K2 (building), a residential & commercial building in Leeds, United Kingdom
K2 Leisure Centre, a sports centre in Crawley, West Sussex

Transportation

K-2 (Kansas highway)
K2, a two-seater Sprint kayak
Eurolot, IATA code K2
Furness Railway K2, a 4-4-0 steam locomotive
GSR Class K2, a class of Irish 2-6-0 steam locomotives
London Buses route K2, a Transport for London bus route
PRR K2, a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
Tatra K2, a 1966 Czechoslovakian articulated tramcar
Trekking K2, a French mountain descent paraglider design

Other uses

K2 (tax scheme), a Jersey tax avoidance scheme
K2, a version of the red telephone box in the UK
K2 League, a Korea league for association football

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