K2 (disambiguation)

K2 is the highest mountain in Pakistan and the second highest in the world after Everest.

K2 or K-2 may also refer to:

Places

 * Mount K2, an ancillary summit of Mount Kitchener in the Canadian Rockies
 * K2, an archaeological site in Limpopo state in South Africa, the largest settlement of the Leopard's Kopje culture and a predecessor to the Kingdom of Mapungubwe

Films

 * K2 (film), a 1991 film about climbing the mountain based on the play of the same name
 * K2: Siren of the Himalayas (2012), an American documentary film directed by Dave Ohlson

Literature

 * K2 (play), a play by Patrick Meyers about climbing the mountain
 * List of books about K2

Groups

 * K2 (Kovač sisters duo), a Serbian band
 * K2 (South African band), a rock band from Bloemfontein
 * Kee Marcello's K2, a hard rock band

Albums

 * K2 (K2 album) (1995)
 * K2 (Kerfuffle album) (2005)
 * K2 - Tales of Triumph and Tragedy, a 1988 album by Don Airey

Songs

 * "K2", a 1983 song by Tony Banks from The Fugitive
 * "K2", a 2017 song by Elbow from Little Fictions
 * "K2", a 2024 song by Liquid Mike from Paul Bunyan's Slingshot

Television

 * K2 (TV channel), an Italian television channel
 * The K2, a 2016 South Korean television series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * K2 (board game)
 * Kill Me, Kiss Me or K2, a Korean comic series
 * K-2SO, a character in the Star Wars movie Rogue One

Brands and enterprises

 * Synthetic cannabinoids, which are colloquially known as and commonly sold under the name "K2"
 * K2, second model of Larcum Kendall's clocks for navigation
 * K2 Sports, a manufacturer of skiing, sliding, and rolling-sports equipment
 * K2 Telecom, a mobile network operator in Uganda
 * Pentax K2, a camera model related to the Pentax K1000

Disasters on the mountain K2

 * 1986 K2 disaster
 * 1995 K2 disaster
 * 2008 K2 disaster

Military

 * K2 (airbase) or Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, an airbase in southeast Uzbekistan, between 2001 and 2005 used by the United States Air Force
 * K-2, a circa-1938 airship
 * Daewoo K-2, an assault rifle of the Republic of Korea Army
 * K2 battlecruiser, a preliminary design in the studies leading up to the G3 battlecruiser
 * K2 Black Panther, a Korean main battle tank
 * USS K-2 (SS-33), a 1913 United States Navy K-class submarine
 * K2, a K-class sloop of the Royal Netherlands Navy
 * Kalinin K-2, Soviet airliner

Science and healthcare

 * K2, a mission of the Kepler spacecraft, also known as "Second Light"
 * K2, a street name for synthetic cannabinoids
 * C/2017 K2, a non-periodic comet
 * Haplogroup K2, human group sharing a Y-chromosome characteristic, a.k.a. haplogroup T
 * Vitamin K2
 * Kardashev-2, a hypothetical civilization that uses all of the energy emitted by a star

Structures

 * K2 (building), a residential & commercial building in Leeds, United Kingdom
 * K2 Leisure Centre, a sports centre in Crawley, West Sussex

Transportation

 * K-2 (Kansas highway)
 * K2, a two-seater Sprint kayak
 * Eurolot, IATA code K2
 * Furness Railway K2, a 4-4-0 steam locomotive class
 * LNER Class K2, a class of British steam locomotives
 * GSR Class K2, a class of Irish 2-6-0 steam locomotives
 * London Buses route K2, a Transport for London bus route
 * PRR K2, a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
 * Tatra K2, a 1966 Czechoslovakian articulated tramcar
 * Trekking K2, a French mountain descent paraglider design

Other uses

 * K2 (tax scheme), a Jersey tax avoidance scheme
 * K2, a version of the red telephone box in the UK
 * K2 League, a Korea league for association football