Top 10 Highest Mountains in the World
Here are the top 10 highest mountains in the world, along with their height, location, and first successful climb
Mount Everest - 8,848 m (29,032 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet, first successful ascent in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) - 8,611 m (28,251 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Pakistan and China, first successful ascent in 1954 by Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.
Kangchenjunga - 8,586 m (28,169 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Sikkim, India, first successful ascent in 1955 by British climbers Joe Brown and George Band.
Lhotse - 8,516 m (27,940 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal, first successful ascent in 1956 by Swiss climber Ernst Reiss and Austrian climber Fritz Luchsinger.
Makalu - 8,485 m (27,838 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet, first successful ascent in 1955 by French climbers Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy.
Cho Oyu - 8,188 m (26,864 ft) - located in the Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal, first successful ascent in 1954 by Austrian climber Herbert Tichy, Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama, and Sherpa Naule Karjo.
Dhaulagiri - 8,167 m (26,795 ft) - located in Nepal, first successful ascent in 1960 by Swiss climber Kurt Diemberger and Nepalese climber Nawang Dorje.
Manaslu - 8,163 m (26,781 ft) - located in Nepal, first successful ascent in 1956 by Japanese climbers Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu.
Nanga Parbat - 8,126 m (26,660 ft) Located in Pakistan, first successful ascent in 1953 by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl.
Annapurna I - 8,091 m (26,545 ft) - located in Nepal, first successful ascent in 1950 by French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
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