In which mountain range is the world's second highest peak K2 located?
East Karakoram Range
East Karakoram Range is correct.
K2 (8,611 m), also called Mount Godwin-Austen, is the second highest peak in the world. It stands in the Baltoro Muztagh section of the Karakoram Range on the Gilgit-Baltistan side, and the range is named here as the East Karakoram Range.
The Pir Panjal and the Dhauladhar are ranges of the Lesser Himalaya, and the Zanskar Range lies in Ladakh north of the Great Himalaya; none of them holds K2.
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