The Top 10 Highest Mountains in the World

MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8848M - First climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, Mount Everest is, of course, the highest mountain in the world.

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K2, KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN/CHINA – 8611M - The second highest mountain in the world is K2. The mountain took its name from the notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India.

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KANGCHENJUNGA, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/INDIA – 8586M - Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It can be found between Nepal and Sikkim in India, with three of the peaks on the border and the other two in the Taplejung District of Nepal.

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LHOTSE, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8516M - Lhotse is one of the more famous mountains on any list of the top 10 highest mountains in the world, largely because of its proximity to Mount Everest.

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MAKALU, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8485M - Makalu is the third of the four 8000m-high mountains in the Everest Massif in Nepal. It was first summited by a French expedition led by Jean Franco in 1955.

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CHO OYU, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8188M - The fourth and final member of the Everest region’s 8000m club is Cho Oyu. The sixth highest mountain in the world at 8188m,

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DHAULAGIRI, NEPAL – 8167M - The Dhaulagiri in Nepal is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8167m, and one of the most aesthetically stunning mountains of the lot.

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MANASLU, NEPAL – 8163M - Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world, the name actually comes from the Sanskrit word ‘Manasa’, which means “intellect” or “soul”.

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NANGA PARBAT, PAKISTAN – 8126 - The ninth highest mountain in the world is Nanga Parbat, in the Diamer District of Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region in the western Himalayas.

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ANNAPURNA I, NEPAL – 8091M - Annapurna I in Nepal is the tenth highest mountain in the world, and one of the most famous mountains on this list courtesy of the fact that the trekking in Annapurna is truly world-renowned.

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