1. Mount Everest

    Height: 8,848 metres

    Mountain range: Mahalangur Himalaya

    Country: Nepal and China

    Mount Everest is the highest natural structure on the earth. This mountain has been successfully climbed by only two people: Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. This mountain is covered with snow all throughout the year.

    2. k2

    Height: 8,611 metres

    Mountain range: Baltoro Karakoram

    Country: Pakistan and China

    This great mountain which comes on the second spot after Everest is located on the border of Pakistan and China. It lies in the Karakoram ranges. It has got the second highest climbing mortality rate and has never been climbed by anyone in the winter months.

    3. Kangchenjunga

    Height: 8,586 metres

    Mountain range: Kangchenjunga Himalaya

    Country: India and Nepal

    This mountain peak can easily be viewed by going to the Northern part of Sikkim which lies in the eastern part of India where this mountain is situated. This mountain was at first climbed by Joe Brown and George Band.

    4. Lhotse

    Height: 8,516 metres

    Mountain range: Mahalangur Himalaya

    Country: China and Nepal

    This great mountain peak is located on the border of China and Nepal. The parent mountain of this peak is the worlds highest mountain peak, Mount Everest. This mountain was first climbed by Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss.

    5. Makalu

    Height: 8,485 metres

    Mountain range: Mahalangur Himalaya

    Country: China and Nepal

    This peak is an isolated peak and it has got the shape of a four sided pyramid. This peak was at first climbed by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy. All those people who attempted to climb this mountain before Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy failed in their attempts.

    第一高峰：埃佛尔斯峰（即珠穆朗玛峰）

    海拔：8848米

    所在山脉：喜马拉雅山脉

    所属国家：尼泊尔和中国

    埃佛尔斯峰是地球上最高的自然形成的结构体。该山系只有两个人成功攀越，他们是Tenzing Norgay 和 Edmund Hillary.这里终年积雪。

    第二高峰：K2峰（即乔戈里峰）

    海拔：8611米

    所在山脉：喀喇昆仑山脉

    所属国家：巴基斯坦和中国

    位于巴基斯坦和中国交界处的这座高山高度仅次于埃佛尔斯峰，它位于喀喇昆仑山脉。攀登该山脉而导致死亡的概率居世界第二，在数月的冬季中尚无人成功攀越过。

    第三高峰：干城章嘉峰

    海拔：8586米

    所在山脉：喜马拉雅山脉的干城章嘉

    所属国家：印度和尼泊尔

    从Sikkim北部能轻易看到该山峰，山脉所在的Sikkim则位于印度北侧。Joe Brown 和 George Band率先攀越此山脉。

    第四高峰：洛子峰

    海拔：8516米

    所在山脉：喜马拉雅山脉

    所属国家：中国和尼泊尔

    该险峰位于中尼边境，它是世界最高峰--埃佛尔斯峰的延伸。Fritz Luchsinger 和 Ernst Reiss最早攀登过此山。

    第五高峰：马卡鲁峰

    海拔：8485米

    所在山脉：喜马拉雅山脉

    所属国家：中国和尼泊尔

    该峰是一座独立的险峰，从四周看它的形状像金字塔。Lionel Terray 和Jean Couzy.最早攀越这里。在他们成功到达这里以前，那些试图攀爬此山的人都遭遇失败。