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K5 (other)
K5, K05 or K-5 may be: Places * Gasherbrum I, the 11th highest mountain peak in the world * K-5 (Kansas highway), a state highway in Kansas * K5 Plan, vast defensive belt along the Cambodian-Thai border Transportation * Wings of Alaska, IATA airline designator * Kinner K-5, a light general and sport aircraft engine Vehicles * , a Royal Navy submarine sunk in 1921 * or , a 1940 British Royal Navy then Free French Navy * , a 1914 United States Navy K-class submarine * PRR K5, a 1929 American experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive * GSR Class K5, an 1894 Irish steam locomotive * Chevrolet K5 Blazer, a 1969-91 full size SUV * Kia Optima, a car branded as K5 in some markets Weaponry * Daewoo Precision Industries K5, a pistol used by the South Korean military * Krupp K5, a railway gun of World War II Germany * Kaliningrad K-5, a Soviet-era air-to-air missile * K-5 (SLBM), a submarine-launched ballistic missile Technology * AMD K5, a CPU chip released in the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum I ( ur, ; ), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is located in Shigar District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum Massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring peak Gasherbrum IV; but in fact, it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain." Gasherbrum I was designated K5 (meaning the 5th peak of the Karakoram) by T.G. Montgomerie in 1856 when he first spotted the peaks of the Karakoram from more than 200 km away during the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. In 1892, William Martin Conway provided the alternate name, Hidden Peak, in reference to its extreme remoteness. Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958, by Pete Schoening and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |