Top 10 Highest Mountain In World

 

Annapurna(Nepal)

Highest point
Elevation8,092 m (26,545 ft)
Ranked 10th
Prominence2,985 m (9,790 ft)[1][2]
Ranked 94th
LocationGandaki ProvinceNepal
Climbing
First ascent3 June 1950
Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
(First winter ascent 3 February 1987 Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer)

                                                                
Dhaulagiri(Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,168 m (26,795 ft)
Ranked 7th
Prominence3,358 m (11,014 ft)[1]
Ranked 55th
Geography
CountryNepal
ProvinceGandaki Province
Dimensions
Length50 km (31 mi)
Width15 km (9.3 mi)
  
Manaslu(Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,164 m (26,781 ft)
Ranked 8th
Prominence3,093 m (10,144 ft)
Ranked 80th
LocationGorkha DistrictManang-Gandaki ProvinceNepal
Climbing
First ascentMay 9, 1956, by a Japanese team
(First winter ascent 12 January 1984 Maciej Berbeka and Ryszard Gajewski)
 
Nanga Parbat(Pakistan)
Highest point
Elevation8,127 m (26,660 ft)
Ranked 9th
Prominence4,609 m (15,118 ft)
Ranked 14th
LocationGilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan 
Climbing
First ascent3 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
 
Cho Oyu(Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,189 m (26,864 ft)
Ranked 6th
Prominence2,341 m (7,680 ft)
LocationNepal (Province No. 1)–China (Tibet)
Climbing
First ascentOctober 19, 1954 by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler, Pasang Dawa Lama
(First winter ascent 12 February 1985 Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski)
  
Makalu (Nepal/China)
Highest point
Elevation8,481 m (28,825 ft)[1][notes 1]
Ranked 5th
Prominence2,387 m (7,828 ft)
LocationProvince No. 1 (Khumbu), Nepal / Tibet Autonomous RegionChina
Climbing
First ascentMay 15, 1955, by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy
  
Lhotse(Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,516 m (27,940 ft)[nb 1]
Ranked 4th
Prominence610 m (2,000 ft)[1
Climbing
First ascent18 May 1956
Fritz LuchsingerErnst Reiss
(First winter ascent 31 December 1988 Krzysztof Wielicki)
 
Kangchenjunga(India/Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,587 m (28,169 ft)[1]
Ranked 3rd
Prominence3,923 m (12,867 ft)[2]
Ranked 29th
Location
Climbing
First ascent25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band on British Kangchenjunga expedition
(First winter ascent 11 January 1986 by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki)
 
K2(Pakistan)
Highest point
Elevation8,612 m (28,251 ft) 
Ranked 2nd
Prominence4,021 m (13,190 ft) [1]
Countries
Climbing
First ascent31 July 1954; 68 years ago
Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli
 
Everest(China/Nepal)
Highest point
Elevation8,848.87 m (29,031.7 ft) [note 1]
Ranked 1st
Prominence8,848.87 m (29,031.7 ft) 
Ranked 1st
(Special definition for Everest)
LocationSolukhumbu DistrictKoshi ProvinceNepal;[1]
Tingri CountyXigazêTibet Autonomous RegionChina[note 3]
CountriesChina and Nepal
Climbing
First ascent29 May 1953
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay [note 4]
Ranked 1st

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