K2 (disambiguation)
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K2
K2
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest...

is a mountain located on the border of China and Pakistan.

K2 or K-2 may also refer to:
  • Mount K2
    Mount K2
    Mount K2 is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson , apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener, and not K2....

    , in Canada

Transportation:
  • K2, Polish airline EuroLOT
    Eurolot
    EuroLOT is an airline based in Warsaw, Poland. Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, its current main shareholder is the State Treasury with 62.1% of shares, while LOT retains 37.9%. It operates for its parent company as a short-haul operator, as well as ad-hoc charter...

  • K-2 (Kansas highway)
    K-2 (Kansas highway)
    K-2 is a state highway in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its southwestern terminus is at its intersection with U.S. Highway 281 east of Hardtner. Its northeastern terminus is at its intersection with K-42 west of the unincorporated town of Suppesville...

    , a state highway in Kansas
  • London Buses route K2
    London Buses route K2
    London Buses route K2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

    , a Transport for London bus route in London

Music

  • K2 (Kovač sisters duo)
    K2 (Kovac sisters duo)
    K2 was a Serbian pop, R&B, funk and dance duo, formed by sisters Aleksandra and Kristina Kovač in 1990. They worked with many producers worldwide and released five albums. After eight years, the band finished its work in 1998...

    , a Serbian band
  • K2 (K2 album), 1995
  • K2 (Japanese band)
    K2 (Japanese band)
    K2 is the influential noise music project of Japanese musician Kimihide Kusafuka. K2's work typically consists of crashing, creaking, and scraping sounds made with pieces of junk metal, usually edited in a jarring, unpredictable style, and often accompanied by the sounds of various electronics...

    , noise music project of Japanese musician Kimihide Kusafuka
  • K2 (South African band)
    K2 (South African band)
    K2 is a multitalented, South African commercial Rock Band from the City of Roses, Bloemfontein, and they are currently situated in Gauteng.MembersThe Band consistss of four band members:*Frans Wessels ,...

    , a rock band from Bloemfontein
  • Kee Marcello's K2, hard rock band formed by former "Europe" guitarist Kee Marcello
  • K2 (Kerfuffle album)
    K2 (Kerfuffle album)
    -Track listing:-Personnel:*Sam Sweeney *Hannah James *Chris Thornton-Smith *Tom Sweeney...

    , 2005

People

  • Kellen Winslow II
    Kellen Winslow II
    Kellen Boswell Winslow, II is an American football tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns sixth overall in the 2004 NFL Draft...

     (born 1983), American football player
  • Kelly Kelly (born 1987), ring name of American professional wrestler Barbie Blank
  • Paul Kevin Jonas
    Kevin Jonas
    Paul Kevin Jonas II , better known as Kevin Jonas and K2, is an American musician and actor. He is the oldest member of the Jonas Brothers, a pop rock band he created with his younger brothers Joe and Nick...

     II (born 1987), American musician

Titled expressive works

  • K2 (film)
    K2 (film)
    K2 is a 1991 motion picture loosely based on the story of two friends' ascent of the second-highest mountain on Earth, K2. The story is based on a play written and presented as a senior-thesis at Stanford University. These roles were played by Michael Biehn and Matt Craven...

    , about climbing the mountain
  • Kill Me, Kiss Me
    Kill Me, Kiss Me
    Kill Me, Kiss Me is a Korean manhwa originally created by Korean author Lee Young-you revolving around two identical cousins of different gender who end up switching places for about one week's time. K2 was first released in Korea published by Daiwon C.I...

    , a Korean comic series
  • Killzone 2, a 2009 video game

Military

  • K2 battlecruiser, a preliminary design in the studies leading up to the G3 battlecruiser
    G3 battlecruiser
    The G3 battlecruisers were a class of battlecruisers planned by the Royal Navy after the end of World War I in response to naval expansion programs by the United States and Japan. The four ships of this class would have been larger, faster and more heavily-armed than any existing battleship...

  • K2 Black Panther, a fourth-generation main battle tank for the South Korean Army
  • K-2 Airship
    Airship
    An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms...

    , circa 1938, first of 138 K-class airships
  • Daewoo K-2, assault rifle of the South Korean Army
  • USS K-2 (SS-33)
    USS K-2 (SS-33)
    USS K-2 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Cachalot, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cachalot, another name for the sperm whale, but on 17 November...

    , a 1913 United States Navy K-class submarine
  • Karshi-Khanabad
    Karshi-Khanabad
    Karshi-Khanabad is an air base in southeastern Uzbekistan, just east of Karshi. It is home to the 60th Separate Mixed Aviation Brigade of the Uzbek Air Force. A section of the base serves as a commercial airport, supporting a limited number of passenger flights.From 1954 to 1981, the 735th Fighter...

    , an airbase in south-east Uzbekistan, between 2001 and 2005 used by the United States Air Force

Manufactured products

  • GSR Class K2, a class of Irish 2-6-0 steam locomotives
  • Furness Railway K2
    Furness Railway K2
    The Furness Railway 21 class or "Larger Seagulls", were built a class of eight 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway. Six were built in 1896, and two more in 1900.They were built to supersede the 120 class on...

    , a 4-4-0 steam locomotive
  • Pentax K2, a camera model related to the Pentax K1000
    Pentax K1000
    The Pentax K1000 is an interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex camera, manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. from 1976 to 1997, originally in Japan. It uses a horizontal travel, rubberized silk cloth focal plane shutter with a speed range of 1/1000 second to 1 second, along with...

  • PRR K2, an American 4-6-2 steam locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Tatra K2
    Tatra K2
    The Tatra K2 was the first production articulated tramcar built by ČKD Tatra between 1966 and 1983, following the failure of the experimental K1 which never entered production. It was noted that the main problem with the K1 was with the new electrical equipment, and therefore the same electrical...

    , a 1966 Czeckoslovakian articulated tramcar
  • K2, a brand of synthetic cannabis also known as 'Spice'
  • K2, second version in the history of the red telephone box for outdoor use by the public in the UK
  • K2, video server produced by Thomson Grass Valley for broadcasting industry

Other

  • K2 League, Korea National League for association football
  • K2, sports centre in Crawley, West Sussex
  • K2 Sports
    K2 Sports
    K-2, Corporation. was founded in 1961 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, near Seattle, Washington. K2 is known for pioneering fiberglass ski technology, which made skis significantly lighter and more lively than their wood and metal contemporaries...

    , manufacturer of sliding- and rolling-sports equipment
  • Haplogroup K2, human group sharing a Y-chromosome characteristic, a.k.a. Haplogroup T
    Haplogroup T (Y-DNA)
    In human genetics, Haplogroup T is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. From 2002 to 2008, it was known as Haplogroup K2. It should not be confused with the mitochondrial DNA haplogroup T, of the same name....

  • K2 Irrigation, an irrigation service and installation company based in Asheville, North Carolina
  • K2 (building)
    K2 (building)
    K2 is a residential tower block in Leeds, UK. The building is situated in the city centre, on Albion Street and Great George Street, opposite St John's Centre. The lower two floors contain commercial premises, including a Jongleurs Comedy Club, Bar Risa and formerly a Hard Rock Cafe. The...

    , a residential & commercial building in Leeds, United Kingdom
  • K2, second model of Larcum Kendall's clocks for navigation
  • Vitamin K2
  • K2, a WordPress
    WordPress
    WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...

     skin
  • K2, a Joomla content management extension
  • K2, a two-seater Sprint kayak
  • K2 (TV channel), an Italian television channel

See also

  • KTWO (disambiguation)
  • KTOO (disambiguation)
  • KATU
    KATU
    KATU, virtual channel 2, also known as K2, is an ABC-affiliated television station broadcasting on digital channel 43 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, which has been the owner of the Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, ever since it began...

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