Top 10 Highest Mountains in the World in 2024

In this article, we embark on a journey to explore the top 10 highest mountains in the World.

1. Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest summit in the world, and it was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillaryand Tensing Norgay in 1953. This mountain is in an autonomous region of Tibet. Mount Everest has a height of 8848 m, which is 29029 feet.

2. Mount K2

Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain worldwide; it is located in China and Pakistan. The nickname of K2 is Savage Mountain, which is one of the toughest mountains in the world to climb and even harder than Mount Everest. Despite its place on the second page, it is still the heart of the mountain to climb.

3. Mount Kanchenjunga

Mount Kanchenjunga

Mount Kanchenjunga is the third mountain on the list of the highest mountains in the world, with a height of 8586 m, or 28169. This mountain is located on the border of Nepal and India. Kanchenjunga is the highest peak in India, and the name of the surrounding section is the Five Treasures of Snow, as it has five peaks within it. 

4. Mount Lhotse

Mount Lhotse

This mountain is located near Mount Everest and is famous for being the 4th highest mountain in the world. Mount Hotse is located between China and Nepal with a height of 279405 in an autonomous region. This mount has the same route as Everest until Camp 3, then you need to take another road from where you will reach the peak of Hotse.

5. Mount Makalu

Mount Makalu

The fifth-highest mountain in the world is Mount Makalu, with a height of 8481 m, or 27825 feet. This mountain is situated in the south-east of Mount Everest, which is on the border of Pakistan and China. William CV was the first person to climb this mountain, which was led by an American team in the spring of 1954.

6. Mount Cho Oyu

The mountain has the highest six pieces in the world. This mountain is 818 metres tall and stands in an autonomous region of Nepal or Tibet. This mountain is the easiest to climb because it has gentle slopes while ascending.

7. Mount Dhaulagiri

This mountain is the seventh-highest worldwide, with a height of 26795 feet (8167 m). This mountain is located in Nepal. Dhaulagiri is a Sanskrit word that means Darjeeling white beauty, and Giri means mountain in Hindi. This mountain was first submitted by the Australian Nepali Sweet Expedition, which was completed on May 13, 1960. 

8. Mount Manaslu

Manasulu comes in at the top of the list of the highest mountains in the world. It stands at a height of 26763 feet, or 8163 m. Manasulu, Western Central part of Nepal, in monthly miles Manasulu is a word from Sanskrit Manasa that means intellect or soul, which means mountain.

9. Nanga parbat

Nanga Parvat is a part of Western Himalaya, and it is the 9th highest mountain worldwide in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan in western Himalaya. Like other mountains, this mountain is called nanga or parvata.

10. Mount Annapurna

Mount Annapurna comes at the end of our list of the highest mountains, and it is a series of pictures in which the highest mountain is called Annapurna first. Mountain Pune stands at a height of 26545 feet, or 8091 m. This mountain is the most dangerous mountain to climb.

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