he World's Highest Mountains

Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Mountain Everest K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Kangchenjunga Lhotse Makalu Cho Oyu Dhaulagiri Manaslu Nanga Parbat Annapurna Range Himalayas Karakoram Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Himalayas Country Nepal/Tibet Pakistan/China India/Nepal Nepal/Tibet Nepal/Tibet Nepal/Tibet Nepal Nepal Pakistan Nepal Feet 29,035 28,250 28,169 27,940 27,766 26,906 26,795 26,781 26,660 26,545

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The World's 14 Highest Mountain Peaks (above 8,000 meters)

See Named Summits in the U.S. Over 14,000 Feet Above Sea Level for U.S. Peaks. See also Climbing the World's 14 8,000-meter Peaks, The Seven Summits, Mortals on Mount Olympus: A History of Climbing Everest, and the Everest Almanac. All 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks are located in the Himalaya or the Karakoram ranges in Asia. According to Everestnews.com, only 14 climbers have reached the summits of all 14: Reinhold Messner (Italy) was first, followed by Jerzy Kukuczka (Poland), Ehardt Loretan (Switzerland), Carlos Carsolio (Mexico), Krzysztof Wielicki (Poland), Juan Oiarzabal (Spain), Sergio Martini (Italy), Park Young Seok (Korea), Hang-Gil Um (Korea), Alberto Inurrategui (Spain), Han Wang Yong (Korea), Ed Viesturs (U.S.), Alan Hinkes (British), and Silvio Mondinelli (Italy).

Height Mountain
1. Everest1 2. K2 (Godwin Austen) 3. Kangchenjunga

Location
Nepal/Tibet

Meters Feet
8,850 29,035

First to summit (nationality)

Edmund Hillary (New Zealander, UK), Tenzing Norgay (Nepalese)

Date
May 29, 1953 July 31, 1954 May 25, 1955

Pakistan/China

8,611

28,250 A. Compagnoni, L. Lacedelli (Italian) G. Band, J. Brown, N. Hardie, S. Streather (UK)

Nepal/India

8,586

28,169

4. Lhotse

Nepal/Tibet

8,516

27,940 F. Luchsinger, E. Reiss (Swiss) J. Couzy, L. Terray, J. Franco, G. 27,766 Magnone-Gialtsen, J. Bouier, S. Coup, P. Leroux, A. Vialatte (French) 26,906 H. Tichy, S. Jchler (Austrian), Pasang Dawa Lama (Nepalese)

May 18, 1956 May 15, 1955 Oct. 19, 1954 May 13, 1960 May 9, 1956 July 3, 1953 June 3, 1950 July 4, 1958 June 9, 1957 July 7, 1956 May 2, 1964

5. Makalu

Nepal/Tibet

8,463

6. Cho Oyu

Nepal/Tibet

8,201

7. Dhaulagiri

Nepal

8,167

A. Schelbert, E. Forrer, K. Diemberger, 26,795 P. Diener (Swiss), Nyima Dorji, Nawang Dorji (Nepalese) 26,781 T. Imamishi, K. Kato, M. Higeta, (Japanese) G. Norbu (Nepalese)

8. Manaslu 9. Nanga Parbat 10. Annapurna

Nepal Pakistan Nepal

8,163 8,125 8,091 8,068 8,047 8,035 8,013

26,660 Hermann Buhl (Austrian) 26,545 M. Herzog, L. Lachenal (French) 26,470 P. K. Schoeing, A. J. Kauffman 26,400 26,360 M. Schmuck, F. Wintersteller, K. Diemberger, H. Buhl (Austrian) F. Moravec, S. Larch, H. Willenpart (Austrian)

11. Gasherbrum I Pakistan/China 12. Broad Peak 13. Gasherbrum II 14. Shisha Pangma Pakistan/China Pakistan/China Tibet

26,289 Hsu Ching and team of 9 (Chinese)

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