Top 5 Tallest Mountains in the World

Base Photo via 旅者 河童 at flickr

There are over 100 mountains that have an elevation that is greater than 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) above sea level. The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point. It's not common  to measure elevation using the center of the Earth as the reference point. Which makes it difficult to determine which mountains are taller than others. With that being said, this is a list of the tallest mountains ranked by elevation.

5. Makalu

Photo via Ivan Borisov at Flickr

• Height: 27,838 feet, 8,485 meters
• Mountain Range: Mahalangur, Himalaya
• Location: Khumbu, Nepal and Tibet, China in Asia

4. Lhotse

Photo via GNU Free Documentation License at Wikimedia

• Height: 27,940 feet, 8,516 meters
• Mountain Range: Mahalangur Himal
• Location: Khumbu region of Nepal and Tibet, China

3. Kangchenjunga

Photo via A.Ostrovsky at Flickr

• Height: 28,169 feet, 8,586 meters
• Mountain Range: Himalayas
• Location:Nepal–India border in South Asia

2. K2

Photo via Maria Ly at Flickr

• Height: 28,251 feet, 8,611 meters
• Mountain Range: Karakoram
• Location: China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, and China the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan

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1. Mount Everest

Photo via Simon at Pixabay

• Height: 29,029 feet, 8,848 meters
• Mountain Range: Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas
• Location: Nepal located in South Asia

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