What was the old name of K-2?

The old name of K-2 was "Mount Godwin-Austen," named after the British surveyor Henry Godwin-Austen who was one of the first to map the mountain. It is also sometimes referred to as "Chogori" by the local Balti people. The name K-2 is derived from its designation in the Karakoram mountain range by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the 19th century.