1. Mount Everest: Elevation 8,844.43 meters, located on the border between China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 29, 1953, New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from the British expedition team were the first to reach the summit from the southern slope. On May 25, 1960, Wang Fuzhou, Gongbu, and Qu Yinhua from the Chinese expedition team were the first to reach the summit from the northern slope.
2. K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen): Elevation 8,611 meters, located on the border between China and Pakistan in the Karakoram Range. On July 31, 1954, Italians Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni from the Italian expedition team were the first to reach the summit.
3. Kangchenjunga: Elevation 8,586 meters, located in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 25, 1955, the British expedition team members George Band, Joe Brown, Norman Hardie, and Tony Streather were the first to reach the summit.
4. Lhotse: Elevation 8,516 meters, located on the border between China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 8, 1955, Swiss climbers Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger were the first to reach the summit.
5. Makalu: Elevation 8,463 meters, located on the border between China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 15, 1955, French climbers Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy were the first to reach the summit.
6. Cho Oyu: Elevation 8,201 meters, located on the border between China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On October 19, 1954, Austrians Herbert Tichy and Sherpas Pasang Dawa Lama and Nawang Dawa were the first to reach the summit.
7. Dhaulagiri I: Elevation 8,172 meters, located within the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 13, 1960, a joint Swiss, Polish, and American expedition team consisting of Kurt Diemberger, Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer, Albin Schelbert, Nyima Dorje, and Nawang Dorje were the first to reach the summit.
8. Manaslu: Elevation 8,156 meters, located within the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On May 9, 1956, Japanese climber Toshio Imanishi and Sherpa Gyalzen Norbu were the first to reach the summit.
9. Nanga Parbat: Elevation 8,125 meters, located within Pakistan in the western part of the Himalayas. On July 3, 1953, Hermann Buhl from a joint German and Austrian expedition team was the first to reach the summit.
10. Annapurna I: Elevation 8,091 meters, located within the Kingdom of Nepal in the central part of the Himalayas. On June 3, 1950, French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal were the first to reach the summit. This was also the first time humans had climbed a peak over 8,000 meters.
11. Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak): Elevation 8,068 meters, located on the border between China and Pakistan in the Karakoram Range. On July 5, 1958, American climber James W. Whittaker was the first to reach the summit.
12. Broad Peak: Elevation 8,047 meters, located on the border between China and Pakistan in the Karakoram Range. On June 9, 1957, an Austrian expedition team consisting of Markus Kronthaler, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl were the first to reach the summit.
13. Gasherbrum II: Elevation 8,034 meters, located on the border between China and Pakistan in the Karakoram Range. On July 7, 1956, Austrian climbers Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch, and Hans Willenpart were the first to reach the summit.
14. Shishapangma: Elevation 8,012 meters, located within the central part of the Himalayas in China. On May 2, 1964, a Chinese expedition team consisting of Xǔ Jìng, Wáng Fùzhōu, Zhāng Jùnyán, Wū Zōngyuè, Chén Shān, Suǒnán Duōjí, Chéng Tiānliàng, Nímǎ Zhāxī, Duōjí, and Yúndēng were the first to reach the summit. This was also the last of the world’s peaks over 8,000 meters to be climbed by humans.