10 Highest Mountains in the World

In this blog, we shall be taking you into the world of geography and shining the light on the top highest mountains in the world. The prominence of a pig is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that boot is the core. Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. There are several mountains in the world that are of incredible height but here are the top 10 highest mountains in the world.

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• Annapurna 1 – Nepal, 8.091 meters

Annapurna is massive in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes one peak over 8.000 meters. 13 peaks over 7.000 meters, and 16 more over 6.000 meters. The massive is 55 kilometers long and is bounded by the Kali Gandagi Gorge on the west. The Maashiangdi River is on the north and east and the Pokhara Valley is on the south. At the western end, the massive encloses a high basin called the Annapurna sanctuary the highest peak of the massive Annapurna one main is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 800 and 91 meters above sea level.

• Nanga Parbat – Pakistan, 8.126 meters

Nanga Parbat locally known as Diamer is the ninth-highest mountain in the world at one hundred and twenty-six meters above sea level. Located in the Diamer district of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region Nanga Parbat is the western encore of the Himalayas. The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words Nanga and Parvata which together mean naked mountain. 

• Manaslu (Nepal), 8.163 meters

Manaslu is the 8th highest mountain in the world at 8.163 meters above sea level. It is located in the Man Siri Himal part of the Nepalese Himalayas in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name which means mountain of the spirit comes from the Sanskrit word Manasseh meaning intellect or soul.

Manaslu was first climbed on May 9 1956 by Toshio Yamanashi and Gil Zanubu members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that just as the British consider Everest the mountain Manaslu has always been a Japanese Mountain.

• Dhaulagiri – Nepal, 8.167 meters

The Dhaulagiri massive in Nepal extends 120 kilometers from the Kaligandaki river west to the berry. This massive is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the berry river and the south is by Miyagi de cola. 

Dhaulagiri is the seventh-highest mountain in the world at 8.167 meters above sea level. The highest mountain within the borders of a single country, Nepal. It was first climbed on May 13 1960 by a Swiss Austrian Nepali expedition. The mountain is one of the most aesthetically stunning mountains and is perhaps best known for its visibility.

• CHO Oyu Himalayas, Nepal/China, Tibet autonomous region China – 8.188 meters

The fourth and final member of the Everest region’s 8.000-meter club is CHO OYU. The sixth-highest mountain in the world is 8.188 meters. CHO Oyu is considered the easiest of the 8.000 mountains to climb due to the gentlest slopes of the ascent. It is also just a few kilometers away from the Nang Pala Pass a major glaciated trading route between the Timbetan and Kombucha pass. CHO Oyu means turquoise goddess in Timberton. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Kumbu subsection of the Mahalangu Himalaya 20 kilometers west of mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China-Nepal border.

• Makalu, Himalayas, Nepal/China, Tibet autonomous region China, 8.485 meters

Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8.485 meters it is located in the Mahalangu Himalayas 19 kilometers southeast of Mount Everest on the border between Nepal and Tibet, autonomous region China. 

One of the eight thousand this Makalu is an isolated pick shaped as a four-sided pyramid. Makalu has two notable subsidiary peaks Kangchuk Sei and Makali 2 lie between three kilometers north-northeast of the main summit. Makalu is the third of the 40.000-meter-high mountains in the Everest massive in Nepal. 

It was first climbed by a French expedition led by Jean Franco in 1955. Their ascent was most notable for the fact that a full 10 members of the expedition team climbed the mountain on the trip. In those days it was normally only one or two climbers from each team who reached the top of the mountain on an expedition. So, this was a huge deal at that time.

• Lhotse, Himalayas, Nepal/China, 8.516 meters

In the Autonomous Region of China, Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8.516 meters. Part of the Everest massive, Lhotse is also connected to the later peak via the south coal.

Lhotse means south peak in Tibetan. In addition to the main summit at 8.516 meters above sea level. The mountain comprises smaller peaks. The summit is on the border between Tibet and China and the Khumbu region of Nepal. Let’s say is one of the more famous mountains lastly because of its proximity to Mount Everest.

Lhotse is a little like the neglected younger sibling of mount Everest. Everest gets all the attention while Lhotse though often considered more visually attractive is significantly less busy. It was eventually first climbed in 2011 by a Russian expedition.

• Kangchenjunga Nepal, India,  8.586 meters

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8.586 meters in the section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal. It lies between Nepal and Sikkim, India with three of the five peaks main central and south directly on the border.

Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world with calculations based on various readings in measurement made by the great chronometrical’s survey of India. In 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest known as peak 15 at that time was the highest. 

Allowing for further verification of calculations it was officially announced in 1856 that Kangchenunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25th May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit in the accordance with the promise given to the child that the top of the mountain would remain intact every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition.

• K2, Karakoram, Pakistan/China, 8.611 meters

K2 at 8.611 meters above sea level is the second highest mountain in the world. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gerget Baltistan region of northern Pakistan and attacks Korgan Tajik autonomous country of Xinjiang China.

K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang. K2 is known as savage mountain after George Bell the climber on the 1953 American expedition. Told reporters it is a savage mountain that tries to kill you. Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest where approximately one person dies on the mountain for 4 who reach the summit.

K2 is the only 8.000-meter peak that has never been climbed during winter or from its east face. Ascents have almost always been made in July and August the warmest times of the year.

• Everest, Nepal/China, Height 8.848 meters 

Mount Everest is the earth’s highest mountain above sea level located in the Mahalangu Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

The international border between Nepal province number one and China-Tibet autonomous region runs across its summit point. The current official elevation of 8.848 matters recognized by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 1865 Everest was given its official

English name by the royal geographical society. As recommended by Andrew Will the British surveyor general of India who choose the name of his predecessor in the post so George Everest despite Everest’s objections.

Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes: 

• One approach the summit from the southeast in Nepal known as the standard route. 
• The other is from the north of Tibet.

While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind as well as significant hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu ice fall.  As of 2019, over 300 people have died on Everest. Many of those whose bodies remain on the mountain.

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953 using the southeast to reach the route. Everest has become one of the world’s most famous multi-day treks.