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The worlds Eight-thousand


The eight-thousand, 8,000 meters or higher above sea level, all in the Himalayas.
RegionRangeMountain  First To Climb 
AsiaHimalayaMount Everest (Sagarmatha oder Chomolungma)8848.00MetersEdmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay29/05/1953
AsiaJugal/Langtang Himal, HimalayasShishapangma (Xixiabangma)8013.00MetersXǔ Jìng et al.02/05/1964
AsiaKarakoramK28611.00Meters Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli30/06/1954
AsiaHimalayaNanga Parbat8126.00MetersHermann Buhl03/06/1953
AsiaHimalayaKangchenjunga (SewaLungma)8586.00Meters Joe Brown, George Band25/05/1995
AsiaHimalayaLhotse8516.00MetersFritz Luchsinger, Ernst Reiss18/05/1956
AsiaHimalayaMakalu (Makaru)8462.00MetersLionel Terray and Jean Couzy15/05/1955
AsiaMahalangur Himal, HimalayasCho Oyu (Qowowuyag)8201.00MetersHerbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama19/10/1954
AsiaDhaulagiri HimalDhaulagiri8167.00MetersSwiss/Austrian team13/05/1960
AsiaMansiri Himal, HimalayaManaslu (Kutang)8156.00MetersJapanese team09/05/1956
AsiaHimalayaAnnapurna8091.00MetersMaurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal01/01/1950
EuropeKaukasusGasherbrum I (Hidden Peak or K5)8080.00MetersAmerican team05/07/1958