Mountains
| Rank |
Peak
Name |
Feet |
Meters |
| 1. |
Mount Everest |
29,035 |
8850 |
| 2. |
K2 |
28,251 |
8611 |
| 3. |
Kanchenjunga |
28,209 |
8598 |
| 4. |
Lhotse |
27,890 |
8501 |
| 5. |
Makalu |
27,825 |
8481 |
| 6. |
Cho Oyu |
26,906 |
8201 |
| 7. |
Dhaulagiri |
26,795 |
8167 |
| 8. |
Manaslu |
26,781 |
8163 |
| 9. |
Nanga Parbat |
26,657 |
8125 |
| 10. |
Annapurna |
26,545 |
8091 |
| 11. |
Gasherbrum I |
26,529 |
8086 |
| 12. |
Broad Peak |
26,401 |
8047 |
| 13. |
Gasherbrum II |
26,362 |
8035 |
| 14. |
Shishapangma |
26,335 |
8027 |
There are only 14 summits that rise above 8000 meters, every one of them projecting
into the "death zone"(where all humans rapidly degrade and eventually
die without supplemental oxygen).
Ten of the 8000 meter peaks are in the Himalaya, and nine (all but Nanga Parbat)
are in Nepal, on its border, or very close. The other four are clustered closely
in the Karakoram Range (technically not part of the Himalaya).
It is unlikely that all the heights given in the chart on the right are correct to the nearest metre
or foot; indeed, problems of definition of sea level can arise when a mountain
is remote from the sea. Different sources often differ by several metres, and
the heights given on this page may differ from those on other lists.
The Seven Summits are the highest peaks on each continent.
The United States High Points is a list of the highest point in each state in the United States.
In the united states the most popular climbs are:
Browse Mountains by Continent: North America, South America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Antarctica, Oceania.
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