HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN ASIA
#1.EVEREST
COUNTRY (NEPAL)
HEIGHT
(M) 8848
(FT) 29035
#Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.
#2.K2
*COUNTRY (PAKISTAN)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8611
(FT) 28251
#K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori, is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres above sea level.
#3.KANGCHENJUNGA
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8586
*(FT) 28169
#Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world, and lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India.
#4. LHOTSE
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8516
(FT) 27940
#Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. Part of the Everest massif, Lhotse is connected to the latter peak via the South Col. Lhotse means “South Peak” in Tibetan.
#5.MAKALU
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8485
(FT) 27838
#Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China.
#6.CHO OYU
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8201
(FT) 26906
#Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan.
#7.DHAULAGIRI
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8167
(FT) 26794
#Dhaulagiri
Mountain range in Nepal
The Dhaulagiri massif in Nepal extends 120 km from the Kaligandaki River west to the Bheri. This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri River and on the southeast by Myagdi Khola.
#8.MANASLU
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8163
(FT) 26758
#Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres above sea level. It is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal.
#9.NANGA PARBAT
*COUNTRY (PAKISTAN)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8126
(FT) 26658
#Nanga Parbat
Mountain in Asia
Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres above sea level. It is the western anchor of the Himalayas around which the Indus river skirts into the plains of Pakistan.
#10.ANNAPURNA 1
*COUNTRY (NEPAL)
*HEIGHT
(M) 8091
(FT) 26545
#Annapurna Massif
Mountain range in Nepal
Annapurna is a massif in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes one peak over 8,091 metres, thirteen peaks over 7,000 metres, and sixteen more over 6,000 metres.