Highest Mountains of the World

Feature	Name
Highest mountain	Mt Everest* (Nepal) 8,848 m
Highest mountain in Africa	Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5895m
Highest mountain in Australia	Mt Kosciuszko 2234 m
Highest mountain in Europe	Mt Elbrus (Russia) 5642 m
Highest mountain in North America	Mt Denali** (Alaska, USA) 6187m
Highest mountain in South America	Mt Aconcagua (Argentina) 7021m
Highest mountain in Antarctica	Mt Vinson Massif
Highest mountain in Oceania (Australia and New Guinea)	Puncak Jaya (Mount Carstensz) 4884m
Mt. Everest named after Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India is known as Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagarmatha in Nepal. Mt Denali was earlier known as Mt McKinley and was renamed in 2015. Mauna Kea*, a dormant volcano in Hawaii is over 10,000 m tall from its base to peak (taller than Mt. Everest) but most of it lies under the ocean and is only 4,205 m above sea level.

Eight Thousanders - Mountains above 8000m in height

Name/ Height	Location	First Scaled
Mt Everest/ 8,848 m	Nepal	1953
Mt K2 or Godwin Austin/ 8,611 m	Karkoram, POK	1954
Kanchenjunga/ 8,586 m	Sikkim, India	1955
Lhotse/ 8,516 m	Nepal/China	1956
Makalu/ 8,485 m	Nepal/China	1955
Cho Oyu/ 8,201 m	Nepal/China	1954
Dhaulagiri/ 8,167 m	Nepal	1960
Manaslu/ 8,163 m	Nepal	1956
Nanga Parbat/ 8,126 m	Karkoram, POK	1953
Annapurna/ 8,091 m	Nepal	1950
Note: There are 14 eight-thousanders in the world and all of them are located in the Himalayan and Karkoram ranges of Asia