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Mount Everest · Rdevany · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Some of the great summits, documented and cross-checked.

K2
8,611 m

K2

🏔️ Peak · East Karakoram

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltist…

Kanchenjunga
8,586 m

Kanchenjunga

🏔️ Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River an…

Lhotse
8,516 m

Lhotse

🏔️ Peak · Mahalangur

Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) above sea level, the main summit is on the border between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and th…

Yalung Kang
8,505 m

Yalung Kang

🏔️ Peak · Kanchenjunga

Yalung Kang (Nepali: यालुङ हिमाल, Yalung Himal in Nepali) is a 8,505 m high minor summit of the Kangchenjunga massif found in the Himalayan range.

Makalu
8,462 m

Makalu

🏔️ Peak · Mahalangur

Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest, on the China–Nepal border. One of the eigh…

Lhotse middle
8,430 m

Lhotse middle

🏔️ Peak · Mahalangur

Lhotse Middle, is a subsidiary peak of 8,410 metres (27,590 ft) in elevation that sits in the middle of a ridge between its parent peak, the eight-thousander, Lhotse 8,516 metres (27,940 ft), and another subsidiary peak, Lhotse Shar 8,38…

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