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1. Mount Everest
Other names: Sagarmatha (Nepal), Chomolangma (Tibet), Qomolangma Feng
Elevation: 8 848 m
Location: Tibet-Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1953 - Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay
Best Climbing Months: April, May
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2. K2
Other names: Mount Godwin-Austen, Chogori
Elevation: 8 611 m
Location: Pakistan-China, Karakoram
First Climber(s): 1954 - Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli (Italian expedition)
Best Climbing Months: June, July, September
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3. Kangchenjunga
Other names: Kachendzonga, Kangchanfanga
Elevation: 8 586 m
Location: Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1955 - George Band, Joe Brown (British expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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4. Lhotse
Other names: Khumbu Lhotse, Lo-tzu Feng
Elevation: 8 516 m
Location: Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1956 - Ernst Reiss, Fritz Luchsinger (Swiss team)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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5. Makalu
Other names: Makalufeng
Elevation: 8 462 m
Location: Tibet-Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1955 - J. Franco's (French expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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6. Cho Oyu
Other names: Cho Oyo
Elevation: 8 201 m
Location: Tibet-Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1954 - Herbert Tichy, Joseph Joechler, Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama (austrian expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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7. Dhaulagiri
Other names: Dhaula Himal
Elevation: 8 167 m
Location: Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1960 - Kurt Diemberger, P. Diener, E. Forrer, A. Schelbert, Nyima Dorji, Nawang Dorji (Swiss-austrian expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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8. Manaslu
Other names: Kutang
Elevation: 8 156 m
Location: Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1956 - T. Imanishi, Gyalzen Norbu (Japanese expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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9. Nanga Parbat
Other names: Nangaparbat Peak, Diamir
Elevation: 8 125 m
Location: Pakistan, Gilgit
First Climber(s): 1953 - Herman Buhl
Best Climbing Months: April, May, August, September
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10. Annapurna
Other names: Morshiadi
Elevation: 8 091 m
Location: Nepal, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1950 - Maurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal (French expedition)
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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11. Gasherbrum I
Other names: Hidden Peak, K5
Elevation: 8 068 m
Location: Pakistan-China, Karakoram
First Climber(s): 1958 - Pete Schoening a Andy Kauffman of Clinch's (American expedition)
Best Climbing Months: July, August
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12. Broad Peak
Other names: K3
Elevation: 8 047 m
Location: Pakistan, Karakoram
First Climber(s): 1957 - Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger
Best Climbing Months: June, July, August
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13. Gasherbrum II
Other names: K4
Elevation: 8 035 m
Location: Pakistan-China, Karakoram
First Climber(s): 1956 - austrian expedition
Best Climbing Months: July, August
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14. Shisha Pangma
Other names: Gosainthan, Xixabangma, Xixabangma Feng
Elevation: 8 013 m
Location: Tiber, Himalaya
First Climber(s): 1964 - Hsu Ching and his ten-man Chinese party
Best Climbing Months: April, May, September, October
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