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Mount Godwin-Austen
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English
Etymology
After Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, English topographer.
Proper noun
Mount Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen Godwin-Austen
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en September 1, 1953 August 31, 1953 John P. Callahan KASHMIR CLIMBER VANISHED IN STORM; New Yorker, Left Ill on Godwin Austen Slope, Had Disappeared When Party Returned https://archive.ph/Jzxix https://www.nytimes.com/1953/09/01/archives/kashmir-climber-vanished-in-storm-new-yorker-left-ill-on-godwin.html November 23, 2025 25 Arthur K. Gilkey, who was killed while trying to conquer Mount Godwin Austen (K-2) as a member of a nine-man American team, was believed to have been buried alive under an avalanche on a ridge at a height of 25,000 feet on Aug. 10, Dr. Charles S. Houston said today. on