Mountains like Everest rise miles into the sky.
Those pictured below are the highest measured from sea level to their peak.
The point furthest from the center of planet Earth belongs to Mount Chimborazo, less known from Ecuador. The United States National Ocean Service explains that this is the case because our planet is not a perfect sphere and is a little thicker around its equator.
A statement on the NOAA website reads: “The summit of Chimborazo is 20,564 feet above sea level. However, due to the bulge of the Earth, the summit of Chimborazo is over 6,800 feet. farther from the center of the Earth than the top of Everest. “
Take a tour of the highest mountains in the world …
= 19. Distaghil Sar
7,893 m (25,896 feet)
Disteghil Sar, also known as Distaghil Sar, is the highest mountain in the Hispar Muztagh, a sub-chain of the Karakoram mountain range, in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Its name means “above the inner ranch” in the Wakhi language, it is the seventh highest peak in Pakistan, and it is the 19th highest peak on the planet.
= 19. Himalchuli
7,893 m (25,896 feet)
Located in the Lamjung district of Nepal, Himalchuli is the second highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal sub-chain of the Himalayas.
Himal Chuli translates to “sharp snow peak” in Nepali and true to its name, this mountain features a varied topography, with glacier-covered slopes interspersed with jagged rocky peaks.
18. Gasherbrum IV
7,932 m (26,024 ft)
If there is a mountain more difficult to climb than K2, it is considered Gasherbrum IV, one of a group of remote peaks located at the northeast end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of l ‘Himalayas.
Its steep rock faces present a serious challenge to climbers and these obstacles are exacerbated by the fact that they are located in a part of the world where the weather is notoriously unstable.
17. Annapurna II
7,937 m (26,040 ft)
The Annapurna II is part of the Annapurna mountain range located in Nepal and is the eastern anchor point of the chain.
This mountain was first successfully conquered in 1960 by an Anglo-Indian-Nepalese team led by JOM Roberts via the West Ridge which approached Annapurna II from the north.
16. Gasherbrum III
7,946 m (26,070 ft)
Gasherbrum III is a summit of the Gasherbrum massif of Baltoro Muztagh, a subset of Karakoram on the border between Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Also known as the ‘Forgotten Peak’, the remote location of Gasherbrum III is one of the many reasons the mountain would only have been summoned twice.
15. Gyachung Kang
7,952 m (26,089 ft)
Gyachung Kang is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal section of the Himalayas and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Mount Everest.
This mountain is the highest peak at less than 8,000 meters and, in a range of giants, lacks significant prominence on the horizon.
14. Shishapangma
8,027 m (26,335 ft)
Shishapangma is the 14th highest mountain in the world and the only 8,000m peak located only in Tibet.
The mountain is considered by many to be one of the most accessible 8km peaks to climb due to its direct route and relatively short approach to base camp.
13. Gasherbrum II
8,035 m (26,362 feet)
Gasherbrum II, the 13th highest peak in the world and one of fourteen 8,000m peaks, is located at the head of the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan among giants such as K2, Gasherbrum 1 and Broad Peak.
Gasherbrum II is one of the most remote and difficult to approach in the Himalayas.
12. Wide peak
8,051 m (26,414 feet)
Broad Peak, a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range on the border of Pakistan and China, is the twelfth highest mountain in the world at 8,047 meters above sea level.
The mountain was first climbed in June 1957 and today is considered one of the easiest among the Pakistani 8k club.
11. Gasherbrum I
8,080 m (26,510 ft)
Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak, is located in the Shigar Gilgit-Baltistan district region of Pakistan.
The name of the mountain is derived from the Balti words “rgasha”, which means beautiful and “mist”, translated as mountain.
10. Annapurna I
8,091 m (26,545 feet)
The Annapurna is a Himalayan massif in north-central Nepal comprising a peak reaching more than 8 km in the sky, in addition to thirteen peaks over 7 km, and sixteen others over 6 km.
Annapurna I wins the unenviable title of the world’s deadliest mountain; for every three people who managed to reach the top and come back, one person died.
9. Nanga Parbat
8,126 m (26,660 ft)
The name of Nanga Parbat, in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, translates to “bare mountain”. It is sometimes considered the western anchor of the Himalayas.
At least 30 climbers died on the mountain before Austrian climber Hermann Buhl reached the summit in 1953.
8. Manaslu
8,163 m (26,781 ft)
Manaslu Mountain is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal.
The name Manaslu translates to “mountain of the spirit” and is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, which means “intellect” or “soul”.
7. Dhaulagiri I
8,167 m (26,795 ft)
Nepal’s Dhaulagiri mountain range stretches 120 km from the Kaligandaki River in the west to the Bheri.
With a south wall that rises vertically to around 15,000 feet (4,600 meters), the summit’s steep slopes and extremely cold climate make the “White Mountain” extremely difficult to conquer.
6. Cho Oyu
8,188 m (26,864 ft)
Cho Oyu sits in the heart of the Tibetan-Nepalese Himalayas and offers climbers breathtaking views of hundreds of other peaks.
The mountain’s name is translated as “Turquoise Goddess” in Tibetan, and the sixth highest peak in the world is considered the easiest of the fourteen 8 km peaks.
5. Makalu
8,485 m (27,838 ft)
The fifth tallest mountain in the world is in the Himalayas of Mahalangur, 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Its gargantuan size alone is impressive, but Makalu’s perfect pyramid structure with four sharp ridges makes this mountain even more spectacular.
4. Lhotse
8,516 m (27,940 ft)
Lhotse is a Himalayan mountain located on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The name of the world’s fourth highest peak is derived from Tibetan for “South Peak”. It was first ridden in May 1956.
3. Kangchenjunga
8,586 m (28,169 ft)
The Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is found in a part of the Himalayas bordered on the west by the Tamur River, on the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and on the east by the Teesta River.
The third highest mountain in the world has a name translated as “Five treasures of the great snow”, a reference to the number of its peaks.
2. K2
8,611 m (28,251 feet)
K2, Chinese Qogir Feng, also called Mount Godwin Austen, locally called Dapsang or Chogori, is the second highest peak in the world.
Frequent and severe storms make K2’s already dangerous climbing conditions even more difficult – and mountaineers find it difficult to operate at such elevations – it’s considered one of the most difficult mountains in the world to climb.
1. Mount Everest
8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft)
The tallest mountain in the world had humble beginnings, beginning its life as marine limestone deposited on the seabed around 450 million years ago.
This rock was then forced upward, around 60 million years old, as the Indian subcontinent moved rapidly north and collided with Eurasia, forming the Himalayas.
Mount Everest sits on the border of Nepal and China, meaning the countries share its modest peak so small that only a maximum of six climbers can stand on it simultaneously.