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The World's 14 Highest Mountain Peaks
(above 8,000 meters)
See Named Summits in the U.S. Over 14,000 Feet
Above Sea Level for U.S. Peaks.
See also Climbing the World's 14 8,000-meter
Peaks, The Seven Summits, Mortals on Mount Olympus: A History of
Climbing Everest, and the Everest Almanac.
All 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks are located in the Himalaya or
the Karakoram ranges in Asia. According to Everestnews.com, only 14
climbers have reached the summits of all 14: Reinhold Messner (Italy) was
first, followed by Jerzy Kukuczka (Poland), Ehardt Loretan (Switzerland),
Carlos Carsolio (Mexico), Krzysztof Wielicki (Poland), Juan Oiarzabal
(Spain), Sergio Martini (Italy), Park Young Seok (Korea), Hang-Gil Um
(Korea), Alberto Inurrategui (Spain), Han Wang Yong (Korea), Ed Viesturs
(U.S.), Alan Hinkes (British), and Silvio Mondinelli (Italy).
| Mountain |
Location |
Height |
First to summit
(nationality) |
Date |
| Meters |
Feet |
| 1. Everest1 |
Nepal/Tibet |
8,850 |
29,035 |
Edmund Hillary (New Zealander, UK),
Tenzing Norgay (Nepalese) |
May 29, 1953 |
| 2. K2 (Godwin Austen) |
Pakistan/China |
8,611 |
28,250 |
A. Compagnoni, L. Lacedelli
(Italian) |
July 31, 1954 |
| 3. Kangchenjunga |
Nepal/India |
8,586 |
28,169 |
G. Band, J. Brown, N. Hardie, S.
Streather (UK) |
May 25, 1955 |
| 4. Lhotse |
Nepal/Tibet |
8,516 |
27,940 |
F. Luchsinger, E. Reiss (Swiss) |
May 18, 1956 |
| 5. Makalu |
Nepal/Tibet |
8,463 |
27,766 |
J. Couzy, L. Terray, J. Franco, G.
Magnone-Gialtsen, J. Bouier, S. Coupé, P. Leroux, A. Vialatte
(French) |
May 15, 1955 |
| 6. Cho Oyu |
Nepal/Tibet |
8,201 |
26,906 |
H. Tichy, S. Jöchler (Austrian),
Pasang Dawa Lama (Nepalese) |
Oct. 19, 1954 |
| 7. Dhaulagiri |
Nepal |
8,167 |
26,795 |
A. Schelbert, E. Forrer, K.
Diemberger, P. Diener (Swiss), Nyima Dorji, Nawang Dorji
(Nepalese) |
May 13, 1960 |
| 8. Manaslu |
Nepal |
8,163 |
26,781 |
T. Imamishi, K. Kato, M. Higeta,
(Japanese) G. Norbu (Nepalese) |
May 9, 1956 |
| 9. Nanga Parbat |
Pakistan |
8,125 |
26,660 |
Hermann Buhl (Austrian) |
July 3, 1953 |
| 10. Annapurna |
Nepal |
8,091 |
26,545 |
M. Herzog, L. Lachenal (French) |
June 3, 1950 |
| 11. Gasherbrum I |
Pakistan/China |
8,068 |
26,470 |
P. K. Schoeing, A. J. Kauffman |
July 4, 1958 |
| 12. Broad Peak |
Pakistan/China |
8,047 |
26,400 |
M. Schmuck, F. Wintersteller, K.
Diemberger, H. Buhl (Austrian) |
June 9, 1957 |
| 13. Gasherbrum II |
Pakistan/China |
8,035 |
26,360 |
F. Moravec, S. Larch, H. Willenpart
(Austrian) |
July 7, 1956 |
| 14. Shisha Pangma |
Tibet |
8,013 |
26,289 |
Hsu Ching and team of 9 (Chinese) |
May 2, 1964 |
1. The 1955 elevation of Everest, 29,028
ft. (8,848 m), was revised on Nov. 11, 1999, and now stands at 29,035
ft. (8,850 m).
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