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：埃佛爾斯峰（即珠穆朗瑪峰）

    海拔：8848米

    所在山脈：喜馬拉雅山脈

    所屬國家：尼泊爾和中國

    埃佛爾斯峰是地球上最高的自然形成的結(jié)構(gòu)體。該山系只有兩個人成功攀越，他們是Tenzing Norgay 和 Edmund Hillary.這里終年積雪。

    第二高峰：K2峰（即喬戈里峰）

    海拔：8611米

    所在山脈：喀喇昆侖山脈

    所屬國家：巴基斯坦和中國

    位于巴基斯坦和中國交界處的這座高山高度僅次于埃佛爾斯峰，它位于喀喇昆侖山脈。攀登該山脈而導(dǎo)致死亡的概率居世界第二，在數(shù)月的冬季中尚無人成功攀越過。

    第三高峰：干城章嘉峰

    海拔：8586米

    所在山脈：喜馬拉雅山脈的干城章嘉

    所屬國家：印度和尼泊爾

    從Sikkim北部能輕易看到該山峰，山脈所在的Sikkim則位于印度北側(cè)。Joe Brown 和 George Band率先攀越此山脈。

    第四高峰：洛子峰

    海拔：8516米

    所在山脈：喜馬拉雅山脈

    所屬國家：中國和尼泊爾

    該險峰位于中尼邊境，它是世界最高峰--埃佛爾斯峰的延伸。Fritz Luchsinger 和 Ernst Reiss最早攀登過此山。

    第五高峰：馬卡魯峰

    海拔：8485米

    所在山脈：喜馬拉雅山脈

    所屬國家：中國和尼泊爾

    該峰是一座獨立的險峰，從四周看它的形狀像金字塔。Lionel Terray 和Jean Couzy.最早攀越這里。在他們成功到達這里以前，那些試圖攀爬此山的人都遭遇失敗。