top 10 highest mountain in the world

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10. ANNAPURNA I, NEPAL – 8091M

Annapurna I in Nepal is the tenth highest mountain in the world.  

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9. NANGA PARBAT, PAKISTAN – 8126M

The ninth highest mountain in the world is Nanga Parbat, in the Diamer District of Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region in the western Himalayas.   

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8. MANASLU, NEPAL – 8163M

Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world, the name actually comes from the Sanskrit word ‘manasa’, which means “intellect” or “soul”.  

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7. DHAULAGIRI, NEPAL – 8167M

The Dhaulagiri in Nepal is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8167m, and one of the most aesthetically stunning mountains of the lot. 

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6. CHO OYU, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8188M

The fourth and final member of the Everest region’s 8000m club is Cho Oyu. The sixth highest mountain in the world at 8188m .

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5. MAKALU, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8485M

Makalu is the third of the four 8000m-high mountains in the Everest Massif in Nepal. It was first summited by a French expedition led by Jean Franco in 1955 

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4. LHOTSE, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8516M

Lhotse is one of the more famous mountains on any list of the top 10 highest mountains in the world, largely because of its proximity to Mount Everest.  

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3. KANGCHENJUNGA, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/INDIA – 8586M

Kangchenjunga the highest peak in India. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It can be found between Nepal and Sikkim in India 

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2. K2, KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN/CHINA – 8611M

The second highest mountain in the world is K2. The mountain took its name from the notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India. 

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1. MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS, NEPAL/TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA – 8848M

First climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, Mount Everest is, of course, the highest mountain in the world. 

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