Which is the tallest mountain in the world?

Which is the tallest mountain in the world?

1. Mount Everest

Mountain peak: Everest

Country: Nepal (international border between China and Nepal)

Height (in meters): 8848 meters (29,029 feet)

First climber: 29/05/1953 (New Zealand's Edmund Hillary along with Tenzing Norgay of Nepal)

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Mt. Everest is the world's highest mountain peak. Earlier it was known as XV, in Nepal it is known by local people as Sagarmatha (the head of heaven), in Tibet it is called 'Chomolungma' (the queen of the mountains). In the scientific survey it is said that its height is growing at a rate of 2 centimeters per annum. According to the weather, the height of its peak remains less or more (the highest in September and the lowest in May). In 1955, India surveyed it and the height was 8,848 meters. Two-thirds of the route leading to the Everest Summit is in the part of the atmosphere where oxygen levels are low. Due to lack of oxygen on the slopes, due to strong winds and excessive cold, any kind of vegetative or animal life is not possible.

2. K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)

Mountain Peak: K2 (K-2)

Country: Pakistan (international border between China and Pakistan)

Height (in meters): 8,611 meters (28,251 feet)

First climber: 31/07/1954 (Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli)

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This peak is located in the Baltistan region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. This peak is the world's second highest mountain peak after Mt. Everest. K2 is considered to be the most difficult and dangerous compared to Mount Everest. 246 people have climbed so far on K2, whereas on Mount Everest 2436 people have climbed.

3. Kangchenjunga

Mountain peak: Kanchenjunga

Country: Nepal (on the border between Nepal and India in the northwest part of Sikkim)

Height (in meters): 8,586 meters (28,169 feet)

First climber: 25/05/1955 (Joe Brown and George Band of Britain)

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Located 74 kilometers north west of Darjeeling, Kanchenjunga is the world's third highest peak. The name Kanchenjunga is derived from the four words of Tibetan origin, which are usually written as Kang-chen-dzo-nga. In Sikkim it is considered as the  “Five Treasuries of the Great Snow.” In Nepal, this mountain is called Kumbhkaran Lungur.