3. Mount Everest
• Mount Everest is the
highest peak in the
world. It is in Nepal. It is
97 degrees below
freezing. Each year
mount Everest grows 2
inches long. The
mountain is currently
29,107 feet tall. Everest
has been climbed by 400
people.
5. K2
• K2 is the second highest
mountain on the earth. It
is located on the border
between the Gilgit-
Baltistan region of
Pakistan and the country
of Xingjian. It stands over
3,000 meters above much
of the Glacial valley
bottoms at its base.
7. Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga is the third highest
mountain in the world (after
Mount Everest and K2), with an
elevation of 8,586 metres
(28,169 ft). Kangchenjunga
translated means "The Five
Treasures of Snows", as it contains
five peaks, four of them over
8,450 metres.
9. Lhotse
• Lhotse is the fourth highest
peak in the world. It is located in
Nepal, Asia. Its height is 27,890
feet high. Lhotse is least
climbed 8000-meter peak in
Nepal.
11. Nanga Parbat
• Nanga Parbat is the eighth
highest peak of world. It is
located in Gilgit and Baldistan.
It is 8,126 meters long. It is the
most challenging mountain to
climb.