Top 10 Highest Mountains In The World

Everyone knows about Mount Everest and most people also know that K2 is the second highest mountain in the world. But very few people know which are the top highest mountains in the world? Here we have compiled a list of the top 10 highest mountains in the world, which you must see.

The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest, which is very famous all over the world for its height. The highest part of the Himalayas in Nepal is 8,848 meters high which is the highest mountain peak in the world. Let’s see the others mountains!

10. Annapurna Mountain

Elevation: 8,091 metre (26,545 feet)

• Location: Nepal
• Coordinates: 28°35′46″N 83°49′13″E

Annapurna is a mass in the Himalayas of north-central Nepal with peaks of more than 8,000 meters, thirteen peaks of 7,000 meters, and sixteen more than 6,000 meters.

The mass is 55 kilometers (34 mi) long, and is surrounded by the Kali Gandaki gorge to the west, the Marshyangdi River to the north and east, and the Pokhara Valley to the south. At the western end, the massif encircles a high basin called the Annapurna Sanctuary.  

Annapurna I Main, the highest peak of the mass, is the tenth highest mountain in the world at an altitude of 8,091 meters above sea level. Maurice Herzog led a French expedition through the North Face to its summit in 1950.

This made it the first of eight-thousand people and the only 8,000-meter peak with a safe descent on the first attempt.

09. Nanga Parbat Mountain

Elevation: 8,126 metre (26,650 feet)

• Location: Pakistan
• Coordinates: 35°14′15″N 74°35′21″E

Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 meters above sea level. It’s the western anchor of the Himalayas, located in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 

The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words Nagna and Parvata, which when combined translates to “Naked Mountain”. The mountain is locally known as the Tibetan name Diamer or Deo Mir. It means “huge mountain”.

Nanga Parbat is one of the 14 eight-thousanders. A huge, dramatic peak, rising far above its surroundings, Nanga Parbat is known as a difficult climb, and has earned the name Killer Mountain for its large number of climbers fatalities.

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08. Manaslu Mountain

Elevation: 8,163 metre (26,781 feet)

• Location: Nepal
• Coordinates: 28°32′58″N 84°33′43″E

Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8,163 meters above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal.

The name Manaslu means “mountain of the soul” and is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, which means “intellect” or “spirit”.  

Manaslu was first mounted on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Inishini and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition.

It is said that, given the many unsuccessful attempts by the British to climb Everest before Edmund Hilary, “as the British consider Everest to be their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain”.

07. Dhaula Giri Mountain

Elevation: 8,167 metre (26,795 feet)

• Location: Nepal
• Coordinates: 28°41′54″N 83°29′15″E

Dhaula Giri in Nepal extends 120 km from west of the Kaligandaki River to Bheri. This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by the tributaries of the Bheri River and on the south by Myagdi Khola. 

Dhaula Giri is the seventh highest mountain in the world, situated at an altitude of 8,167 meters above sea level. It is the highest mountain within the boundaries of any one country (Nepal). It was first boarded by a Swiss / Austrian / Nepali expedition on 13 May 1960.

06. Cho Oyu Mountain

Elevation: 8,188 metre (26,864 feet)

• Location: Nepal and China
• Coordinates: 28°05′39″N 86°39′39″E

The Cho Oyu ranks third in top 10 highest mountains in the world with 8,188 meters above sea level. Cho Oyu means “Tibetan Goddess” in Tibetan.

The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumb sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya, 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain lies on the Sino-Nepal border.

A few kilometer west of Cho Oyu is Nangpa La (5,716 meter), a snow-capped pass. It is the main trade route between the Tibetans and the Sherpas of Khumbu. This pass separates the Khumbu and the Rollwalling Himalayas.  

Due to this pass and the generally moderate slope of the standard northwest ridge route, Cho Oyu is considered the easiest 8,000 m peak to climb. This is a popular objective for professionally directed parties.

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05. Makalu Mountain

Elevation: 8,463 metre (27,766 feet)

• Location: Nepal and China
• Coordinates: 27°53′23″N 87°05′20″E

Makalu ranks fifth in top 10 highest mountains in the world with 8,485 meters. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas, 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the border of Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

One of the eight-thousand, Makalu is an isolated peak shaped as a four-way pyramid. The first climb to Makalu was made in the spring of 1954 by an American team led by Riley Keegan.

The expedition was made up of members of the Sierra Club, including Alan Steak, and called Makalu the California Himalayan Expedition.

04. Lhotse Mountain

Elevation: 8,516 metre (27,940 feet)

• Location: Nepal and China
• Coordinates: 27°57′42″N 86°56′00″E

Lhotse ranks fourth in top 10 highest mountains in the world with 8,516 meters, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. Part of the Everest mass, Lhotse is connected to the later summit via the South Col. “South peak” means in Tibetan.

In addition to the main peak 8,516 meters above sea level, the mountain consists of small peaks at 8,414 m, Lhotse Middle (east) and Lhotse Shar at 8383 m. The summit is on the border between Tibet and the Khumbu region of Nepal.

The main summit of Lhotse was first climbed on 18 May 1956 by the Swiss team of Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger from the Swiss Mount Everest / Lhotse expedition. On 12 May 1970, Sepp Mayoral and Rolf Walter of Austria made their first ascent of Lhotse Shar.

03. Kangchenjunga Mountain

Elevation: 8,586 metre (28,169 feet)

• Location: Nepal, and India
• Coordinates: 27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E

Kangchenjunga, also known as Kanchenjunga, ranks third in top 10 highest mountains in the world. It is 8,586 meters high in a stretch of the Himalayas.

It is called the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is spread by Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La to the north of the Tamur River in the west and the Teesta River in the east.

Kangchenjunga is directly on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks, and the remaining two at number 1 in Taplejung district, Nepal.

Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band. He was part of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga campaign. He stopped short of the peak as promised to Chogyal that the mountain top would remain intact.

Every climber or climbing group who has reached the summit has followed this tradition. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

02. K2 Mountain

Elevation: 8,610 metre (28,250 feet)

• Location: Pakistan and China
• Coordinates: 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E

K2, 8,611 meters above sea level, is the second highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest. It is in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang in the China-administered region of the Kashmir region.

The mountain was first surveyed in 1856 by a British survey team. The mountain was designated “K2” by team member Thomas Montgomery to be the second peak of the Karakoram range.

The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4 and K5. K2 is the second highest mountain peak in the world.

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01. Mount Everest

Elevation: 8,848.86 metre (29,031.7 feet)

• Location: Nepal and China
• Coordinates: 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E 

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalaya sub-category of the Himalayas.

The Sino-Nepal border runs at its peak. Its height (snow height) 8,848.86 meters was most recently established in 2020 by Nepalese and Chinese authorities.

Mount Everest attracts many climbers, including highly experienced climbers. There are two main climbing routes, one reaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the “standard route”) and the other from the north in Tibet.  

The Himalayas present significant hazards from weather and wind as well as avalanches and Khumbu snowfall. By 2019, more than 300 people have died on Everest, many of whose bodies remain on the mountain. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.