Highest Mountains in the World (Height- 8000 meters & above)
The highest mountain ranges in the world are the Himalayas & Karakoram ranges. The List of the world's highest mountains and peaks on Earth is as -
1st Highest Mountain - Mount Everest
(Sanskrit: Devgiri; Nepali: Sagarmatha; Tibetan: Chomolungma)
Height - 8,848 m (29,029 ft)
Range - Mahalangur Himalaya
Location - Nepal and China
First ascent - 29 May 1953
2nd Highest Mountain - K2Height - 8,611 m (28,251 ft)
Range - Baltoro Karakoram
Location - India
First ascent - 31 July 1954
3rd Highest Mountain - KangchenjungaHeight - 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Range - Kangchenjunga Himalaya
Location - India and Nepal
First ascent - 25 May 1955
4th Highest Mountain - Lhotse
(Climbers ascend Lhotse Face in climbing Everest)
Height - 8,516 m (27,940 ft)
Range - Mahalangur Himalaya
Location - Nepal and China
First ascent - 18 May 1956
5th Highest Mountain - MakaluHeight - 8,485 m (27,838 ft)
Range - Mahalangur Himalaya
Location - Nepal and China
First ascent - 15 May 1955
6th Highest Mountain- Cho Oyu
(Tibetan: Turquoise Goddess; Considered "easiest" eight-thousander)
Height - 8,188 m to 8,201 m (26,864 ft to 26,906 ft)
Range - Mahalangur Himalaya
Location - Nepal and China
First ascent - 19 Oct 1954
7th Highest Mountain- Dhaulagiri I
(Presumed world’s highest from 1808 to 1838)
Height - 8,167 m (26,795 ft)
Range - Dhaulagiri Himalaya
Location - Nepal
First ascent - 13 May 1960 (1st winter ascent: 21 Jan 1985)
8th Highest Mountain- ManasluHeight - 8,163 m (26,781 ft)
Range - Manaslu Himalaya
Location - Nepal
First ascent - 9 May 1956
9th Highest Mountain- Nanga ParbatHeight - 8,126 m (26,660 ft)
Range - Nanga Parbat Himalaya
Location - India
First ascent - 3 July 1953
10th Highest Mountain- Annapurna I
(1st eight-thousander to be climbed (1950))
Height - 8,091 m (26,545 ft)
Range - Annapurna Himalaya
Location - Nepal
First ascent - 3 June 1950 (1st winter ascent: 3 Feb 1987)
11th Highest Mountain- Gasherbrum I; Hidden peak; K5
(Originally named K5)
Height - 8,080 m (26509.19 ft)
Range - Baltoro Karakoram
Location - India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)
First ascent - 5 July 1958
12th Highest Mountain- Broad PeakHeight - 8,051 m (26,414 ft)
Range - Baltoro Karakoram
Location - India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)
First ascent - 9 June 1957
13th Highest Mountain- Gasherbrum II; K4Height - 8,035 m (26,362 ft)
Range - Baltoro Karakoram
Location - India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)/China Border
First ascent - 8 July 1956
14th Highest Mountain- Shishapangma, GosainthanHeight - 8,027 m (26,335 ft)
Range - Jugal Himalaya
Location - China
First ascent - 2 May 1964