Mountain

Metres

Feet

Range

Location & Features

Mount Everest

8,848

29,029

Himalayas

Nepal/China

K2

8,611

28,251

Karakoram

India

Kangchenjunga

8,586

28,169

Himalayas

Nepal/India

Lhotse

8,516

27,940

Himalayas

Nepal/China – Climbers ascend Lhotse Face in climbing Everest

Makalu

8,485

27,838

Himalayas

Nepal/China

Cho Oyu

8,201

26,906

Himalayas

Nepal/China – Considered “easiest” eight-thousander

Dhaulagiri

8,167

26,795

Himalayas

Nepal – Presumed world’s highest from 1808-1838

Manaslu

8,163

26,781

Himalayas

Nepal

Nanga Parbat

8,126

26,660

Himalayas

India

Annapurna

8,091

26,545

Himalayas

Nepal – First eight-thousander to be climbed (1950)

Gasherbrum I (Hidden peak; K5)

8,080

26,509

Karakoram

India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)

Broad Peak

8,051

26,414

Karakoram

India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)

Gasherbrum II (K4)

8,035

26,362

Karakoram

India (currently under the illegal occupation of Pakistan)/China Border

Shishapangma

8,027

26,335

Himalayas

China