World’s highest mountains on Earth

1 Mount Everest

Mount Everest is one of the highest mountain on earth.

Location

Nepal

Height

8,848m

29,035ft

 

Range

Himalayas

 

2 K2 (Godwin Austen)

K2 (Godwin Austen) is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft).

Location

India

Height

8611

Range

Himalayas 

3 Kanchenjunga,

Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. 

Location

India/Nepal

Height

8598

Range

Himalayas

4 Lhotse

Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world

Location

Nepal

Height

8501

Range

Himalayas

5 Makalu

Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,481 metres. 

Location

Nepal/China

Height

8481

Range

Himalayas

6 Dhaulagiri

Dhaulagiri is the highest mountain in the world.

Location

Nepal

Height

8172

Range 

Himalayas

7 Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is the highest mountain in the world.

Location

India

Height

8126

Range

Himalayas

8 Annapurna

Location

Nepal

Height

8078

Range

Himalayas

9 Gasherbrum 

Location

China

Height

8068

Range

Karakoram

10 Nanda Devi

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India after Kangchenjunga and the highest mountain in the world.

Location

Utrakhand, India

Height

7818

Range

Himalayas