Top 10 Highest mountains
Mount Everest - correct answer Mount Everest is Earth's
highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the
Himalayas. The international border between Nepal and China runs across its
summit point.
K2 - correct answer K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen
or Chhogori, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the second highest mountain in the
world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 metres.
Kangchenjunga - correct answer Kangchenjunga, also
spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an
elevation of 8,586 m in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal
delimited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and
Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River.
Lhotse - correct answer 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.
Makalu - correct answer 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 Tibet Autonomous
Region, China. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak whose
shape is a four-sided pyramid.
Cho Oyu - correct answer Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest
mountain in the world at 8,188 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise
Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu
sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The
mountain stands on the China-Nepal border.
Dhaulagiri I - correct answer 7th tallest mountain and is in
Nepal.
