The Heights of Adventure: Top 8 Tallest Mountains Worldwide

1. Mount Everest - 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) - Located in the Himalayas, on the border between Nepal and China (Tibet).

2. K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) - 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) - Situated in the Karakoram Range on the border between Pakistan and China.

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3. Kangchenjunga - 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) - Found in the Himalayas, on the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim.

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4. Lhotse - 8,516 meters (27,940 feet) - Located near Mount Everest on the border between Nepal and China (Tibet).

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5. Makalu - 8,485 meters (27,838 feet) - Situated in the Mahalangur Range of the Himalayas, on the border between Nepal and China (Tibet).

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6. Cho Oyu - 8,188 meters (26,864 feet) - Also in the Himalayas, on the border between Nepal and China (Tibet).

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7. Dhaulagiri I - 8,167 meters (26,795 feet) - Found in the Himalayas, in Nepal.

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8. Manaslu - 8,163 meters (26,781 feet) - Situated in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas.

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