List of highest mountains on Earth

File:Mount Everest as seen from Drukair2 PLW edit.jpg

Aerial view of Mount Everest from the south. The peak rises over Lhotse, while Nuptse is the ridge on the left.

There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of Template:Cvt or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than Template:Cvt. The vast majority of these mountains are part of either the Himalayas or the Karakoram mountain ranges located on the edge of the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.Template:Efn

Discussion

File:Relative-height.png

Figure demonstrating the concept of topographic prominence: The prominence of a peak is the height of the peak's summit above the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit. For example, vertical arrows show the topographic prominence of three peaks on an island. A dotted horizontal line links each peak (except the highest) to its key col.

The dividing line between a mountain with multiple peaks and separate mountains is not always clear (see also Highest unclimbed mountain). A popular and intuitive way to distinguish mountains from subsidiary peaks is by their height above the highest saddle connecting it to a higher summit, a measure called topographic prominence or re-ascent (the higher summit is called the "parent peak"). A common definition of a mountain is a summit with prominence. Alternatively, a relative prominence (prominence/height) is used (usually 7–8%) to reflect that in higher mountain ranges everything is on a larger scale. The table below lists the highest 100 summits with at least prominence, approximating a 7% relative prominence. A drawback of a prominence-based list is that it may exclude well-known or spectacular mountains that are connected via a high ridge to a taller summit, such as Eiger, Nuptse or Annapurna IV. A few such peaks and mountains with nearly sufficient prominence are included in this list, and given a rank of "S".

It is very unlikely that all given heights are correct to the nearest metre; indeed, the sea level is often problematic to define when a mountain is remote from the sea. Different sources often differ by many metres, and the heights given below may well differ from those elsewhere in this encyclopedia. As an extreme example, Ulugh Muztagh on the north Tibetan Plateau is often listed as to , but appears to be only to . Some mountains differ by more than on different maps, while even very thorough current measurements of Mount Everest range from to . These discrepancies serve to emphasize the uncertainties in the listed heights.

Though some parts of the world, especially the most mountainous parts, have never been thoroughly mapped, it is unlikely that any mountains this high have been overlooked, because synthetic aperture radar can and has been used to measure elevations of most otherwise inaccessible places. Still, heights or prominences may be revised, so that the order of the list may change and even new mountains could enter the list over time. To be safe, the list has been extended to include all peaks.

The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest mountains above the surrounding terrain, also called the highest free-standing mountains. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali, Mount Kilimanjaro and Nanga Parbat are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure.

The bases of mountain islands are below sea level, and given this consideration Mauna Kea ( above sea level) is the world's tallest mountain and volcano, rising about from the Pacific Ocean floor. Mount Lamlam on Guam is periodically claimed to be among the world's highest mountains because it is adjacent to the Mariana Trench; the most extreme claim is that, measured from Challenger Deep away, Mount Lamlam is tall. Ojos del Salado has the greatest rise on Earth: vertically to the summit from the bottom of the Atacama Trench, which is about away, although most of this rise is not part of the mountain.

The highest mountains are also not generally the most voluminous. Mauna Loa () is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about ) and volume (about ), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice. Mount Kilimanjaro is the largest non-shield volcano in terms of both base area () and volume (). Mount Logan is the largest non-volcanic mountain in base area ().

The highest mountains above sea level are also not those with peaks farthest from the centre of the Earth, because the shape of the Earth is not spherical. Sea level closer to the equator is several kilometres farther from the centre of the Earth. The summit of Chimborazo, Ecuador's tallest mountain, is usually considered to be the farthest point from the Earth's centre, although the southern summit of Peru's tallest mountain, Huascarán, is another contender. Both have elevations above sea level more than Template:Cvt less than that of Everest.

Geographical distribution

Number of mountain peaks over 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level.Template:Efn
China			50
Pakistan			42
Nepal			32
India			27
Bhutan			5
Afghanistan			1
Kyrgyzstan			1
Tajikistan			1

Template:Side box Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq () on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, ) on the Kyrgyzstan–Xinjiang border to the north, Gongga Shan (Minya Konka, ) in Sichuan to the east, and Kabru () on the Sikkim–Nepal border to the south.

since May 2025Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), the highest peaks on three of the mountains—Gangkhar Puensum, Labuche Kang III and Tongshanjiabu, all located in Bhutan or China—have not been ascended. The most recent peak to have its first ever ascent is Karjiang, in China, on 13 August 2024.

The highest mountain outside of Asia is Aconcagua (), the 189th highest in the world.

List of highest peaks

List of Earth's highest peaks with their prominence and parent mountain

RankTemplate:Efn-lr	Mountain name(s)	Height (rounded)Template:Efn-lr	Prominence (rounded)Template:Efn-lr	Range	CoordinatesTemplate:Efn-lr	Parent mountain Template:Efn-lr	First ascentTemplate:Efn-lr	Country/ Countries	Photo
1	Template:Cslist	Template:Efn		Mahalangur Himalaya		—	1953	Template:Cslist	File:Everest North Face toward Base Camp Tibet Luca Galuzzi 2006.jpg
2	K2			Baltoro Karakoram		Mount Everest	1954	Template:Cslist	File:Chogori.jpg
3	Kangchenjunga			Kangchenjunga Himalaya	*	Mount Everest	1955	Template:Cslist	File:Kangch-Goechala.jpg
4	Lhotse			Mahalangur Himalaya		Mount Everest	1956	Template:Cslist	File:Lhotse-fromChukhungRi.jpg
5	Makalu			Mahalangur Himalaya		Mount Everest	1955	Template:Cslist	File:Makalu.jpg
6	Cho Oyu	Template:Efn		Mahalangur Himalaya		Mount Everest	1954	Template:Cslist	File:ChoOyu-fromGokyo.jpg
7	Dhaulagiri I			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		K2	1960	Nepal	File:Dhaulagiri mountain.jpg
8	Manaslu			Manaslu Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1956	Nepal	File:Sunrise, Manaslu.jpg
9	Nanga Parbat			Nanga Parbat Himalaya		Dhaulagiri	1953	Pakistan	File:Fairy Meadows and the view of Nanga Parbat.jpg
10	Annapurna I			Annapurna Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1950	Nepal	File:South Face of Annapurna I (Main).jpg
11	Template:Cslist			Baltoro Karakoram		K2	1958	Template:Cslist	File:HiddenPeak.jpg
12	Broad Peak			Baltoro Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1957	Template:Cslist	File:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg
13	Template:Cslist			Baltoro Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1956	Template:Cslist	File:Gasherbrum2.jpg
14	Template:Cslist			Jugal Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1964	China	File:Shishapangma.jpg
15	Gyachung Kang			Mahalangur Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1964	Template:Cslist	File:Gyachung Kang.jpg
S	Template:Cslist			Baltoro Karakoram		Gasherbrum II	1975	Template:Cslist	File:Gasherbrum III.jpg
16	Annapurna II			Annapurna Himalaya		Annapurna I	1960	Nepal	File:Annapurna II north.jpg
17	Template:Cslist			Baltoro Karakoram		Gasherbrum III	1958	Pakistan	File:Gasherbrum IV.JPG
18	Himalchuli			Manaslu Himalaya	*	Manaslu	1960	Nepal	File:Himalchuli from south.jpg
19	Distaghil Sar			Hispar Karakoram		K2	1960	Pakistan
20	Ngadi Chuli			Manaslu Himalaya		Manaslu	1979	Nepal	File:Manaslu Himal air view.jpg
S	Nuptse			Mahalangur Himalaya		Lhotse	1961	Nepal	File:Nuptse, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg
21	Khunyang Chhish			Hispar Karakoram	*	Distaghil Sar	1971	Pakistan	File:Se9 C2A (2).jpg
22	Template:Cslist			Masherbrum Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1960	Pakistan	File:Masherbrum.jpg
23	Nanda Devi			Garhwal Himalaya		Dhaulagiri	1936	India	File:Mt. Nanda Devi.jpg
24	Chomo Lonzo			Mahalangur Himalaya		Makalu	1954	China
25	Batura Sar			Batura Karakoram		Distaghil Sar	1976	Pakistan	File:Batura Sar.jpg
26	Rakaposhi			Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram		Khunyang Chhish	1958	Pakistan	File:Rakaposhi & Autumn.jpg
27	Namcha Barwa			Assam Himalaya		Kangchenjunga	1992	China	File:Namcha Barwa from the west.jpg
28	Kanjut Sar			Hispar Karakoram		Khunyang Chhish	1959	Pakistan	File:Kanjut Sar.jpg
29	Kamet			Garhwal Himalaya	*	Nanda Devi	1931	India	File:Kamet Closeup.jpg
30	Dhaulagiri II			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		Dhaulagiri	1971	Nepal
31	Template:Cslist			Saltoro Karakoram	*	Gasherbrum I	1962	Template:Cslist	File:Saltoro Kangri.jpg
32	Template:Cslist			Kangchenjunga Himalaya	*	Kangchenjunga	1962	Nepal	File:Kumbkarna.jpg
33	Tirich Mir			Hindu Kush	*	Batura Sar	1950	Pakistan	File:Tirich Mir (The Kingdom Of Djinns And Fairies).jpg
S	Molamenqing			Langtang Himalaya		Shishapangma	1981	China
34	Gurla Mandhata			Nalakankar Himalaya		Dhaulagiri	1985	China	File:Mt Gurla Mandhata and wild Donkeys.jpg
35	Template:Cslist			Saser Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1973	India	File:Saser Kangri III and II.jpg
36	Chogolisa			Masherbrum Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1975	Pakistan	File:Chogolisa.jpg
S	Dhaulagiri IV			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		Dhaulagiri II	1975	Nepal
37	Kongur Tagh			Kongur Shan (Eastern Pamirs)		Distaghil Sar	1981	China	File:Kongur south.jpg
S	Dhaulagiri V			Dhaulagiri Himalaya	*	Dhaulagiri IV	1975	Nepal
38	Shispare			Batura Karakoram		Batura Sar	1974	Pakistan	File:Shispare above Passu glacier.jpg
39	Trivor			Hispar Karakoram	*	Distaghil Sar	1960	Pakistan	File:Trivor (7577m) (25571147500) (3to4).jpg
40	Gangkhar Puensum			Kula Kangri Himalaya	*	Kangchenjunga	none	Template:Cslist	File:Gangkhar puensum summit.JPG
41	Template:Cslist			Daxue Mountains (Hengduan Shan)		Mount Everest	1932	China	File:贡嘎.jpg
42	Annapurna III			Annapurna Himalaya		Annapurna I	1961	Nepal
43	Skyang Kangri			Baltoro Karakoram		K2	1976	Pakistan, China	File:Skyang Kangri.jpg
44	Changtse			Mahalangur Himalaya		Mount Everest	1982	China	File:Changtse-from-KalaPattar.jpg
45	Kula Kangri			Kula Kangri Himalaya		Gangkhar Puensum	1986	Template:CslistTemplate:Efn	File:Kula Kangri from Moenla Karchung 1933·.jpg
46	Kongur Tiube			Kongur Shan (Eastern Pamirs)		Kongur Tagh	1956	China
S	Annapurna IV			Annapurna Himalaya		Annapurna	1955	Nepal
47	Mamostong Kangri			Rimo Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1984	India
48	Saser Kangri II E			Saser Karakoram		Saser Kangri I	2011 Template:Efn	India
49	Muztagh Ata			Muztagata (Eastern Pamirs)		Kongur Tagh	1956	China	File:Muztagh Ata Xinjiang China.jpg
50	Ismoil Somoni Peak			Pamir (Academy of Sciences Range)		Muztagh Ata	1933	Tajikistan	File:Pik Kommunizma.jpg
51	Saser Kangri III			Saser Karakoram		Saser Kangri I	1986	IndiaTemplate:Efn
52	Noshaq			Hindu Kush		Tirich Mir	1960	Template:Cslist	File:Noszak.jpg
53	Pumari Chhish			Hispar Karakoram		Khunyang Chhish	1979	Pakistan
54	Passu Sar			Batura Karakoram		Batura Sar	1994	Pakistan	File:Batura valley Passu.jpg
55	Yukshin Gardan Sar			Hispar Karakoram		Pumari Chhish	1984	Pakistan	File:Kanjut Sar.jpg
56	Teram Kangri I			Siachen Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1975	Template:CslistTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
57	Jongsong Peak			Kangchenjunga Himalaya		Kangchenjunga	1930	Template:Cslist
58	Malubiting			Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram		Rakaposhi	1971	Pakistan	File:Malubiting from Skardu-Gilgit road at sunset.jpg
59	Gangapurna			Annapurna Himalaya		Annapurna III	1965	Nepal
60	Template:Cslist			Tian Shan		Ismail Samani Peak	1956	Template:Cslist	File:PobiedaFrmCB.jpg
S	Template:Cslist			Garhwal Himalaya		Nanda Devi	1939	India	File:Nanda Devi from Kausani.JPG
61	K12			Saltoro Karakoram		Saltoro Kangri	1974	Template:Cslist
62	Template:Cslist			Ganesh Himalaya		Shishapangma	1955	Template:Cslist	File:Langtang range (25).JPG
63	Sia Kangri			Siachen Karakoram		Gasherbrum I	1934	Template:Cslist	File:Siachin20.JPG
64	Momhil Sar			Hispar Karakoram	*	Trivor	1964	Pakistan	File:Momhil Sar (7343m) (25871754125).jpg
65	Kabru N			Kangchenjunga Himalaya		Kangchenjunga	1994	Template:Cslist	File:Mount Kabru.jpg
66	Skil Brum			Baltoro Karakoram		K2	1957	Pakistan	File:Muztagh tower - skil brum 1909 sella.jpg
67	Haramosh Peak			Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram		Malubiting	1958	Pakistan	File:Haramosh from Nanga Parbat.jpg
68	Istor-o-Nal			Hindu Kush		Noshaq	1969	Pakistan
69	Ghent Kangri			Saltoro Karakoram		Saltoro Kangri	1961	Template:Cslist
70	Ultar			Batura Karakoram		Shispare	1996	Pakistan	File:Ultar sar.jpg
71	Rimo I			Rimo Karakoram		Teram Kangri I	1988	India
72	Churen Himal			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		Dhaulagiri IV	1970	Nepal
73	Teram Kangri III			Siachen Karakoram		Teram Kangri I	1979	Template:CslistTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
74	Sherpi Kangri			Saltoro Karakoram	*	Ghent Kangri	1976	Template:Cslist	File:Saltoro Kangri.jpg
75	Labuche Kang			Labuche Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1987	China	File:Labuche Kang and Shishapangma from Cho Oyu.jpg
76	Kirat Chuli			Kangchenjunga Himalaya		Kangchenjunga	1939	Template:Cslist	File:NepalPeak TentPeak.jpg
S	Abi Gamin			Garhwal Himalaya		Kamet	1950	Template:Cslist
S	Template:Cslist			Kangchenjunga Himalaya		Kangchenjunga	1994	Template:Cslist	File:Gimmigela Chuli.jpg
S	Nangpai Gosum			Mahalangur Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1986	Template:Cslist	File:Cho Oyu, Nepal.jpg
77	Saraghrar			Hindu Kush		Noshaq	1959	Pakistan	File:Saraghrar.JPG
S	Talung			Kangchenjunga Himalaya	*	Kabru	1964	Template:Cslist
78	Template:Cslist			Jomolhari Himalaya	*	Gangkhar Puensum	1937	Template:Cslist	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-06-039, Tibetexpedition, Landschaftsaufnahme.jpg
79	Chamlang			Mahalangur Himalaya		Lhotse	1961	Nepal	File:Everest Lhotse Makalung Chamlang.jpg
80	Chongtar			Baltoro Karakoram		Skil Brum	1994	ChinaTemplate:Efn
81	Baltoro Kangri			Masherbrum Karakoram		Chogolisa	1963	Pakistan	File:Gasherbrum IV, VII, VI and Baltoro Kangri.jpg
82	Siguang Ri			Mahalangur Himalaya		Cho Oyu	1989	China
83	Template:Cslist			Yengisogat Karakoram		Skil Brum (K2)	1993	ChinaTemplate:Efn	File:Huang Guan Shan.jpg
84	Gyala Peri			Assam Himalaya		Mount Everest	1986	China	File:GyalaPeri.JPG
85	Porong Ri			Langtang Himalaya		Shishapangma	1982	China
86	Template:Cslist			Panmah Karakoram	*	Kanjut Sar	1977	Pakistan	File:The Ogre I and II and the Ogres thumb (225912483).jpg
87	Yutmaru Sar			Hispar Karakoram		Yukshin Gardan Sar	1980	Pakistan	File:Yukshin Gardan Sar - Yutmaru Sar.jpg
88	Template:Cslist			Masherbrum Karakoram		Chogolisa	1970	Pakistan	File:Saltoro Kangri.jpg
89	Template:Cslist			Himalaya		Shishapangma	1982	China	File:Gang Benchhen.jpg
90	Muztagh Tower			Baltoro Karakoram		Skil Brum	1956	Template:Cslist	File:MuztaghTower.jpg
91	Mana Peak			Garhwal Himalaya		Kamet	1937	India
S	Dhaulagiri VI			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		Dhaulagiri IV	1970	Nepal
92	Diran			Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram		Malubiting	1968	Pakistan	File:Diran P8050944.jpg
93	Template:Cslist	Template:Efn		Labuche Himalaya		Labuche Himalaya	none	China
94	Putha Hiunchuli			Dhaulagiri Himalaya		Churen Himal	1954	Nepal
95	Apsarasas Kangri			Siachen Karakoram		Teram Kangri I	1976	Template:CslistTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
96	Mukut Parbat			Garhwal Himalaya		Kamet	1951	Template:Cslist
97	Rimo III			Rimo Karakoram		Rimo I	1985	IndiaTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
98	Langtang Lirung			Langtang Himalaya		Shishapangma	1978	Nepal	File:Lirung.jpg
99	Karjiang			Kula Kangri Himalaya		Kula Kangri	2024	China
100	Annapurna Dakshin (Annapurna South)			Annapurna Himalaya		Annapurna	1964	Nepal	File:Annapurna South-4588.jpg
101	Khartaphu			Mahalangur Himalaya		Mount Everest	1935	China
102	Tongshanjiabu			Lunana Himalaya		Gangkhar Puensum	none	Template:CslistTemplate:Efn
103	Malangutti Sar			Hispar Karakoram		Distaghil Sar	1985	PakistanTemplate:Efn
104	Template:Cslist			Nagarze Himalaya		Gangkhar Puensum	1986	China	File:KMD1.jpg
105	Langtang Ri			Langtang Himalaya		Shishapangma	1981	Template:Cslist	File:ShishapangmaandGangBenchen.jpg
106	Template:Cslist			Lunana Himalaya		Tongshanjiabu	2002	Template:Cslist
107	Singhi Kangri			Siachen Karakoram		Teram Kangri III	1976	Template:CslistTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
108	Lupghar Sar			Hispar Karakoram	*	Momhil Sar	1979	PakistanTemplate:Efn	File:Autumn color in Hunza Valley crop.jpg

See also

• List of mountain ranges of the world
• List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
  • Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on any planet in the Solar System
  • Rheasilvia crater's central peak, the tallest mountain in the Solar System
• List of elevation extremes by country

Sources

• (1990–2005).
• Soviet military 1:100,000 topographic maps (most from 1980 to 1981)

External links

• SummitPost.org (currently with detailed description of 30 of the top 100 peaks)
• Prominence lists (including all mountains in the world with >1,450m prominence)
• Alpine Club Himalayan index (Especially informative for history of ascents and location of obscure peaks)
• BlankontheMap site on mountains of Northern Kashmir (in French)
• Hispar area: expedition reports and maps
• List of highest mountains down to 6750 metres