Eight-thousander

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The fourteen mountain peaks that are above 8,000m are known as the Eight-thousanders. Five of these peaks are in Pakistan or on Pakistan-China border, whereas the rest are in Tibet-Nepal region.

Contents 1 Mount Everest (8848) 2 K2 (8611) 3 Kanchenjunga (8586) 4 Lhotse (8516) 5 Makalu (8462) 6 Cho Oyu (8201) 7 Dhaulagiri (8167) 8 Manaslu (8156) 9 Nanga Parbat (8126) 10 Annapurna (8091) 11 Gasherbrum I (8080) 12 Broad Peak (8051) 13 Gasherbrum II (8035) 14 Shishapangma (8013)

[edit] Mount Everest (8848)

See also: Category:Mount Everest

Mount Everest from Kala Patthar, Nepal

Mount Everest from Rombok Gompa, Tibet, China

Panoramic view of Everest from Kala Pathhar

Everest and Nuptse, (7,864m), Nepal

[edit] K2 (8611)

See also: Category:K2

K2, Pakistan

K2 (Baltoro Muztagh, Central Karakoram, Pakistan)

[edit] Kanchenjunga (8586)

Seen from Darjeeling, India

East face from Zemu Glacier

Seen from Goecha La

[edit] Lhotse (8516)

[edit] Makalu (8462)

[edit] Cho Oyu (8201)

See also: Category:Cho Oyu

[edit] Dhaulagiri (8167)

Dhaulagiri is located in north central Nepal. See also: Category:Dhaulagiri

Seen from Poon Hill, Nepal

[edit] Manaslu (8156)

[edit] Nanga Parbat (8126)

See also: Category:Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat from Fairy Meadows

Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

[edit] Annapurna (8091)

[edit] Gasherbrum I (8080)

[edit] Broad Peak (8051)

[edit] Gasherbrum II (8035)

Gasherbrum II Pakistan

[edit] Shishapangma (8013)

See also: Category:Shishapangma

Aerial view