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Correct Answer: A: Godwin Austin
Explanation: The correct answer is A: Godwin Austin. K2 is also known as 'Godwin-Austen' after Lieutenant Henry Godwin-Austen, the British surveyor who first mapped the Karakoram in the 1860s. In local Balti language, K2 is called 'Chogori' meaning 'Big Mountain.'