Vaughn's Summaries

Geography Summaries
Mountains

The following list summarizes the world's top twenty highest mountains. Note that Mt. Everest was re-measured by the Chinese in Oct. 2005.

30

390 - 450

30

Rank

1

Mt. Everest (Nepal/ Tibet)

Old- 29,028
New- 29,016

8,848
8,844

2

K2 (Pakistan)

28,250

8,611

3

Kanhchenjunga (Nepal/ India)

28,169

8,586

4

Lhotse (Nepal)

27,940

8,511

5

Makalu (Nepal/ Tibet)

27,765

8,463

6

Cho Oyu (Nepal/ Tibet)

26,906

8,201

7

Dhaulagiri (Nepal)

26,794

8,167

8

Manaslu (Nepal)

26,758

8,163

9

Nanga Parbat (Pakistan)

26,658

8,125

10

Anapurna (Nepal)

26,545

8,091

11

Gasherbrum I (Pakistan)

26,470

8,068

12

Broad Peak (Pakistan)

26,400

8,047

13

Gasherbrum II (Pakistan)

26,360

8,035

14

Xixabangma Feng (China/ Nepal)

26,289

8,012

15

Distaghil Sar (Pakistan)

25,872

16

Kunyang Chhist (Pakistan)

25,760

17

Masherbrum (Pakistan)

25,655

18

Nanda Devi (India)

25,643

19

Aling Kangri (Tibet)

25,640

20

Rakaposhi (Pakistan)

25,550

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250 - 450

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