Top 50 Highest Mountains In The World
If you’ve been wondering which are the highest mountains in the world, wonder no more because you’ve just come to the right place where you’ll get detailed information regarding them.
What We’ll Cover
In this article we shall not only be looking at the highest mountain in the world but a mixture of:
- The highest mountains in the world.
- The parent mountains of the highest mountains in the world.
- Where the highest mountains in the world are located.
- The height of the highest mountains in the world in both meters and feet.
Which Is The Tallest?
It goes without saying that Mt. Everest is the most famous mountain on earth simply because it’s the
highest mountain in the world and as we shall see in our Top 50 List Of The Highest Mountains In The World, Mt Everest also happens to host the top 6 highest mountains in the world (excluding number one which is Mt. Everest itself).
I think I’ve said enough concerning the top 50 highest mountains in the world so here it is.
The Top 50 Highest Mountains In The World
Rank | Mountain | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Parent mountain | Location |
| 1 | Mount Everest/ Sagarmatha / Chomolungma | 8,850 | 29,035 | none | Nepal/Tibet |
| 2 | K2 / Qogir / Godwin Austen | 8,611 | 28,251 | Mount Everest | Pakistan/China |
| 3 | Kangchenjunga | 8,586 | 28,169 | Mount Everest | India/Nepal |
| 4 | Lhotse | 8,516 | 27,940 | Mount Everest | Nepal/Tibet |
| 5 | Makalu | 8,485 | 27,838 | Mount Everest | Nepal/Tibet |
| 6 | Cho Oyu | 8,188 | 26,864 | Mount Everest | Nepal/Tibet |
| 7 | Dhaulagiri I | 8,167 | 26,795 | K2 | Nepal |
| 8 | Manaslu | 8,163 | 26,781 | Cho Oyu | Nepal |
| 9 | Nanga Parbat | 8,126 | 26,660 | Dhaulagiri | Pakistan |
| 10 | Annapurna I | 8,091 | 26,545 | Cho Oyu | Nepal |
| 11 | Gasherbrum I / Hidden Peak / K5 | 8,080 | 26,509 | K2 | Pakistan/China |
| 12 | Broad Peak / K3 | 8,051 | 26,414 | Gasherbrum I | Pakistan/China |
| 13 | Gasherbrum II / K4 | 8,034 | 26,362 | Gasherbrum I | Pakistan/China |
| 14 | Shishapangma | 8,027 | 26,335 | Cho Oyu | Tibet |
| 15 | Gyachung Kang | 7,952 | 26,089 | Cho Oyu | Nepal |
| Gasherbrum III | 7,946 | 26,070 | Gasherbrum II | Baltistan | |
| 16 | Annapurna II | 7,937 | 26,040 | Annapurna I | Nepal |
| 17 | Gasherbrum IV | 7,932 | 26,024 | Gasherbrum III | Pakistan/China |
| 18 | Himalchuli | 7,893 | 25,896 | Manaslu | Nepal |
| 19 | Distaghil Sar | 7,884 | 25,866 | K2 | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| 20 | Ngadi Chuli | 7,871 | 25,823 | Manaslu | Nepal |
| Nuptse | 7,864 | 25,801 | Lhotse | Nepal | |
| 21 | Khunyang Chhish | 7,823 | 25,666 | Distaghil Sar | Pakistan |
| 22 | Masherbrum / K1 | 7,821 | 25,659 | Gasherbrum I | Pakistan |
| 23 | Nanda Devi | 7,816 | 25,643 | Dhaulagiri | India |
| 24 | Chomo Lonzo | 7,804 | 25,604 | Makalu | Tibet |
| 25 | Batura Sar | 7,795 | 25,574 | Distaghil Sar | Pakistan |
| 26 | Kanjut Sar | 7,790 | 25,558 | Khunyang Chhish | Pakistan |
| 27 | Rakaposhi | 7,788 | 25,551 | Khunyang Chhish | Pakistan |
| 28 | Namcha Barwa | 7,782 | 25,531 | Kangchenjunga | Tibet |
| 29 | Kamet | 7,756 | 25,446 | Nanda Devi | India |
| 30 | Dhaulagiri II | 7,751 | 25,430 | Dhaulagiri | Nepal |
| 31 | Saltoro Kangri / K10 | 7,742 | 25,400 | Gasherbrum I | Pakistan |
| 32 | Jannu | 7,711 | 25,299 | Kangchenjunga | Nepal |
| 33 | Tirich Mir | 7,708 | 25,289 | Batura Sar | Pakistan |
| Molamenqing | 7,703 | 25,272 | Shishapangma | Tibet | |
| 34 | Gurla Mandhata | 7,694 | 25,243 | Dhaulagiri | China |
| 35 | Saser Kangri I / K22 | 7,672 | 25,171 | Gasherbrum I | India |
| 36 | Chogolisa | 7,665 | 25,148 | Masherbrum | Pakistan |
| Dhaulagiri IV | 7,661 | 25,135 | Dhaulagiri II | Nepal | |
| 37 | Kongur Tagh | 7,649 | 25,095 | Distaghil Sar | China |
| Dhaulagiri V | 7,618 | 24,993 | Dhaulagiri IV | Nepal | |
| 38 | Shispare | 7,611 | 24,970 | Batura Sar | Pakistan |
| 39 | Trivor | 7,577 | 24,859 | Distaghil Sar | Pakistan |
| 40 | Gangkhar Puensum | 7,570 | 24,836 | Kangchenjunga | China |
| 41 | Gongga Shan/ Minya Konka | 7,556 | 24,790 | Mount Everest | China |
| 42 | Annapurna III | 7,555 | 24,787 | Annapurna I | Nepal |
| 43 | Muztagh Ata | 7,546 | 24,757 | Kongur Tagh | Tibet |
| 44 | Skyang Kangri | 7,545 | 24,754 | K2 | Pakistan/China |
| 45 | Changtse | 7,543 | 24,747 | Mount Everest | Tibet |
| 46 | Kula Kangri | 7,538 | 24,731 | Gangkhar Puensum | *Bhutan/Tibet* |
| 47 | Kongur Tiube | 7,530 | 24,705 | Kongur Tagh | China |
| 48 | Mamostong Kangri | 7,516 | 24,659 | Gasherbrum I | India |
| 49 | Saser Kangri II E | 7,513 | 24,649 | Saser Kangri I | India |
| 50 | Ismail Samani Peak | 7,495 | 24,590 | Muztagh Ata | Tajikistan |
Things To Note Concerning The Top 50 Highest Mountains In The World:
- The Kula Kangri which is the 47th highest mountain in the world has had a couple of disputes surrounding its location. It’s claimed by several authorities to be located in Bhutan which would make it the highest mountain in Bhutan though this has been disputed by others who claim that Kula Kangri is located in Tibet.
- The 1954 elevation of Everest, 29,028 ft. (8,848 m) was revised on Nov. 11, 1999, and now stands at 29,035 ft. (8,850 m).