Gasherbrum II is located on the border of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and Xinjiang, China. It is part of the Karakoram mountain range in the Himalayas, and located at the top of the Baltoro Glacier.[6] With an elevation of 8,035 metres (26,362 ft) it is the third-highest member of the Gasherbrum group, behind Gasherbrum I (8,080 metres or 26,510 feet)[7] and Broad Peak (8,051 metres or 26,414 feet).[8] Gasherbrum III is sometimes considered to be a subpeak of Gasherbrum II,[9] because the former has a topographic prominence of only 461 metres (1,512 ft).[10]