List of Tallest Mountains in the World

Among the tallest mountains globally, the top five are all located in Asia. In fact, the fourteen tallest mountains worldwide are all situated in Asia. They're all within a specific area called the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. These mountain ranges span the countries of Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet (China).
The five tallest mountains and their heights are:
1. Mt. Everest - 8,850 meters (above sea level)
2. K2 (Godwin Austen) - 8,612 meters
3. Kanchenjunga - 8,586 meters
4. Lhotse I - 8,501 meters
5. Makalu I - 8,462 meters
Mount Everest
Practically everyone has heard of this tallest mountain the world, that is found in the Himalayan region in Nepal and China. The natives in Nepal call this mountain Sagarmatha, meaning "goddess of the sky." Himalayas, the mountain range, means "abode of snow." These names are very appropriate. The snow in the mountain range never melts, even in summer. And Mount Everest is so high in the sky that many climbers wear oxygen masks to be in a position to breathe near and at the peak. The higher a person climbs up the mountain, the less oxygen there is, making it harder and harder to breathe. An untrained person will become dizzy and light-headed, and he can die if no medical intervention is given.
The first two individuals to climb Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide, Tenzing Norgay. They wore oxygen masks when they made their historic ascent in 1953.
Mount K2 (Godwin Austen)
This second tallest mountain is K2, situated in Pakistan and China. It was first scaled in 1954 by an Italian team which included Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Prior to this, many climbers in primary expeditions tried to reach the peak, all unsuccessfully, and a great deal of people believed that maybe the height of this mountain wasn't at all reachable. The 1954 expedition included 11 climbers (one of whom died on the way to the peak), six scientists, and no less than 500 porters. Only Compagnoni and Lacedelli actually managed to reach the top. This unbelievable remote and challenging mountain peak is so named for being the second mountain in the Karakoram group of mountains (Karakoram-2), as listed by the surveyor T. G. Montgomery in 1856. K2, or Ketu, is sometimes locally remarked as Chogori, which suggests "Great Mountain." K2 is also occasionally called Mount Godwin-Austen, in honor of the individual who managed the 1856 survey.
Kangchenjunga
Also found in the Himalayas on the Nepal/Indian side, this third tallest mountain was considered the highest mountain globally in the past, up to the year 1849. It is also extremely hard to scale. Aside from its imposing height, it is invariably visited by avalanches and mudslides. The first persons to scale it were the British explorers George Band and Joe Brown in 1955. The local Sikkimese people consider this mountain sacred. Its name means "the Five Treasures of the Great Snow." There are five other peaks arising from the glaciers around Kangchenjunga.
Lhotse
This peak was first scaled in 1956 by a Swiss team of mountaineers led by Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger. The group was attempting to climb to the height of Mount Everest, and they went by Mount Lhotse as a choice route. Mount Lhotse is in the Central Himalayas, in Nepal and China.
Makalu
Mount Makalu is in addition in the Central Himalayas. It is an isolated peak near to Mount Everest. It is beautifully formed, as near to an ideal pyramid as may be, with four sharp ridges that make for a very tough climb. The mountain is lauded for being possibly the most structurally stunning in the Himalayan region.


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