TheWorld’s14HighestMountainPeaks(above8,000meters)
All14oftheworld’s8,000-meterpeaksarelocatedintheHimalayaortheKarakoramrangesinAsia.AccordingtoEverestnews.com,only17climbershavereachedthesummitsofall14:ReinholdMessner(Italy)wasfirst,followedbyJerzyKukuczka(Poland),EhardtLoretan(Switzerland),CarlosCarsolio(Mexico),KrzysztofWielicki(Poland),JuanOiarzabal(Spain),SergioMartini(Italy),ParkYoungSeok(Korea),Hang-GilUm(Korea),AlbertoInurrategui(Spain),HanWangYong(Korea),EdViesturs(U.S.),AlanHinkes(British),andSilvioMondinelli(Italy),IvanVallejo(Ecuador),DenisUrubko(Kazakhstan),AndrewLock(Australia).
Mountain
Location
Height
Firsttosummit(nationality)
Date
Meters
Feet
1.Everest1
Nepal/Tibet
8,850
29,035
EdmundHillary(NewZealander,UK),TenzingNorgay(Nepalese)
May29,1953
2.K2(GodwinAusten)
Pakistan/China
8,611
28,250
A.Compagnoni,L.Lacedelli(Italian)
July31,1954
3.Kangchenjunga
Nepal/India
8,586
28,169
G.Band,J.Brown,N.Hardie,S.Streather(UK)
May25,1955
4.Lhotse
Nepal/Tibet
8,516
27,940
F.Luchsinger,E.Reiss(Swiss)
May18,1956
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)
May15,1955
6.ChoOyu
Nepal/Tibet
8,201
26,906
H.Tichy,S.Jöchler(Austrian),PasangDawaLama(Nepalese)
Oct.19,1954
7.Dhaulagiri
Nepal
8,167
26,795
A.Schelbert,E.Forrer,K.Diemberger,P.Diener(Swiss),NyimaDorji,NawangDorji(Nepalese)
May13,1960
8.Manaslu
Nepal
8,163
26,781
T.Imamishi,K.Kato,M.Higeta,(Japanese)G.Norbu(Nepalese)
May9,1956
9.NangaParbat
Pakistan
8,125
26,660
HermannBuhl(Austrian)
July3,1953
10.Annapurna
Nepal
8,091
26,545
M.Herzog,L.Lachenal(French)
June3,1950
11.GasherbrumI
Pakistan/China
8,068
26,470
P.K.Schoeing,A.J.Kauffman
July4,1958
12.BroadPeak
Pakistan/China
8,047
26,400
M.Schmuck,F.Wintersteller,K.Diemberger,H.Buhl(Austrian)
June9,1957
13.GasherbrumII
Pakistan/China
8,035
26,360
F.Moravec,S.Larch,H.Willenpart(Austrian)
July7,1956
14.ShishaPangma
Tibet
8,013
26,289
HsuChingandteamof9(Chinese)
May2,1964
1.The1955elevationofEverest,29,028ft.(8,848m),wasrevisedonNov.11,1999,andnowstandsat29,035ft.(8,850m).