Top 10 Highest Mountain In World
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Annapurna(Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,092 m (26,545 ft) Ranked 10th |
Prominence | 2,985 m (9,790 ft)[1][2] Ranked 94th |
Location | Gandaki Province, Nepal |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | 3 June 1950 Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal (First winter ascent 3 February 1987 Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer) |
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Dhaulagiri(Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,168 m (26,795 ft) Ranked 7th |
Prominence | 3,358 m (11,014 ft)[1] Ranked 55th |
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Country | Nepal |
Province | Gandaki Province |
Dimensions | |
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Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
Width | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
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Manaslu(Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,164 m (26,781 ft) Ranked 8th |
Prominence | 3,093 m (10,144 ft) Ranked 80th |
Location | Gorkha District, Manang-Gandaki Province, Nepal |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | May 9, 1956, by a Japanese team (First winter ascent 12 January 1984 Maciej Berbeka and Ryszard Gajewski) |
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Nanga Parbat(Pakistan) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,127 m (26,660 ft) Ranked 9th |
Prominence | 4,609 m (15,118 ft) Ranked 14th |
Location | Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | 3 July 1953 by Hermann Buhl on 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition First winter ascent: 16 February 2016 by Simone Moro, Alex Txicon and Ali Sadpara |
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Cho Oyu(Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,189 m (26,864 ft) Ranked 6th |
Prominence | 2,341 m (7,680 ft) |
Location | Nepal (Province No. 1)–China (Tibet) |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | October 19, 1954 by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler, Pasang Dawa Lama (First winter ascent 12 February 1985 Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski) |
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Makalu (Nepal/China) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,481 m (28,825 ft)[1][notes 1] Ranked 5th |
Prominence | 2,387 m (7,828 ft) |
Location | Province No. 1 (Khumbu), Nepal / Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | May 15, 1955, by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy |
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Lhotse(Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,516 m (27,940 ft)[nb 1] Ranked 4th |
Prominence | 610 m (2,000 ft)[1 |
Climbing | |
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First ascent | 18 May 1956 Fritz Luchsinger, Ernst Reiss (First winter ascent 31 December 1988 Krzysztof Wielicki) |
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Kangchenjunga(India/Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,587 m (28,169 ft)[1] Ranked 3rd |
Prominence | 3,923 m (12,867 ft)[2] Ranked 29th |
Location |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band on British Kangchenjunga expedition (First winter ascent 11 January 1986 by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki) |
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K2(Pakistan) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,612 m (28,251 ft) Ranked 2nd |
Prominence | 4,021 m (13,190 ft) [1] |
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Climbing | |
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First ascent | 31 July 1954 Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli |
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Everest(China/Nepal) |
Highest point | |
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Elevation | 8,848.87 m (29,031.7 ft) [note 1] Ranked 1st |
Prominence | 8,848.87 m (29,031.7 ft) Ranked 1st (Special definition for Everest) |
Location | Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, Nepal;[1] Tingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China[note 3] |
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Countries | China and Nepal |
Climbing | |
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First ascent | 29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay [note 4] Ranked 1st |
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