Top 8 Himalayan Peaks of Nepal

Nepal, which is enriched with lots of natural explored and unexplored natural resources such as various types of forests, rivers, mountain peaks, minerals, fauna and flora, boasts of bearing 8 out 10 highest mountain peaks in the world above sea surface.

Although Nepal is a small country occupying 1,47,181 sq. km. area (about 0.3% and 0.03% land of Asia and the world respectively), its Himalayan region is endowed with 8 eight-thousanders  (mountain peaks above 8000m. of altitude) out of just 14 throughout the world.

Brief information of those summits is in the following:

   

S. No.	Peaks	Altitude (in m.)	Position in the world	Latitude (North)	Longitude (East)
1	Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha)	8848	1st	27° 59’ 17”	86° 55’31”
2	Mt. Kanchanjunga	8586	3rd	27° 42’ 09”	88° 09’ 25”
3	Mt. Lhotse	8516	4th	27° 57’ 45”	86° 56’ 03”
4	Mt. Makalu	8463	5th	27° 53’ 23”	87° 05’ 20”
5	Mt. Cho Oyu	8201	6th	28° 05’ 37”	86° 39’ 43”
6	Mt. Dhaulagiri	8167	7th	28° 41’ 46”	83° 29’ 43”
7	Mt. Manaslu	8163	8th	28° 32’ 58”	84° 33’ 43”
8	Mt.   Annapurna I	8091	10th	27° 51’ 42	86° 51’ 53”

                                                                               (Source: Nepal Tourism Board)