Overall, the Himalayan mountain system is the world's highest, and is home to 10 of 14 of the world's highest peaks, the Eight-thousanders, and more than 50 peaks over . The Karakoram and Hindu Kush are regarded as separate ranges whose peaks are not included in this table. In the table below sorting by coordinates sorts by longitude (i.e. West to East) and "HP" = High point.

Peaks

+ Major mountains GlobalrankPeaks Other names and meaning Elevation Prominence(metres) Isolation(km) Region CoordinatesCountry(disputed claimsin italics) FirstAscent Notes m ft1Mount Everest Sagarmatha, Chomolungma 8,848.8629,0328,848infiniteMahalangurChinaNepal1953 Highest peak in the world3Kanchenjunga "Five treasures of great snow" 8,58628,1693,922124.3Nepal/IndiaIndiaNepal1955 Third highest peak in the world, Easternmost 8000m peak4Lhotse "South Peak" 8,51627,9406102.7MahalangurNepalChina1956Part of Everest massif5Makalu "The Great Black"8,48527,8382,37817.2MahalangurNepalChina1955East of Mt. Everest6Cho Oyu "Turquoise Goddess" 8,188 27,1622,43028.5MahalangurNepalChina1954 Easiest 8000m peak7Dhaulagiri I "White Mountain" 8,16726,7953,357317.6CentralNepal1960 West of Gandaki River8ManasluKutang, "Mountain of the Spirit","Killer Mountain" 8,16326,7813,092105.6CentralNepal1956 9Nanga Parbat Diamir, "Naked Mountain" 8,12626,6604,608188.5Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region PakistanIn India's disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region, claimed by Pakistan.1953 Westernmost peak of Himalayas, rises 7000m above Indus River.10Annapurna I "Goddess of the Harvests"8,09126,5682,98433.9CentralNepal1950North of Pokhara14Shishapangma "Crest above the grassy plains", Gosainthan 8,02726,4502,89791.3CentralNepalChina1964 About 10 km north of Nepal border.15Gyachung Kang Buddha's Peak 7,952 26,224 672 7.6 MahalangurNepalChina 1964 Highest mountain under 8,000m16Nuptse "West Peak" in Tibetan 7,864 26,076 305 3.4 Mahalangur Nepal 1961 sub peak of Lhotse23Nanda Devi "Bliss-giving Goddess"7,81725,6463,139388.7GarhwalIndia1936HP Uttarakhand. Highest peak entirely within India.28Namcha Barwa7,78225,5314,160707.8Arunachal PradeshIndiaChina1992 Eastern end of Himalaya29Kamet7,75625,4462,82570.3GarhwalIndia193134Gurla Mandhata7,69425,4002,788127.5West TibetanIndiaChina198540Gangkhar PuensumGankar Punzum, "Three Mountain Siblings"7,57025,2563,025228.1 Bhutanese BhutanunclimbedHP Bhutan. World's highest unclimbed peak. Off-limits.45Kula Kangri7,53824,9281,65425.4BhutaneseChina (Bhutan)Wholly claimed by China as a part of its Tibet Autonomous Region; Actually BhutanChina198662Yangra Ganesh I7,42924,6002,35248.1CentralNepalChina195575Labuche Kang7,36724,2591,95738.3CentralNepalChina198778Jomolhari7,32624,0352,065 106BhutaneseBhutanChina193784Gyala Peri7,29423,9302,94220.4TibetStrictly not in the Himalaya, but in the Nyenchen Tanglha Shan in East TibetChina198698Langtang Lirung7,23423,6981,53424.5CentralNepal1978102Tongshanjiabu7,20723,6161,75738.8BhutaneseBhutanChinaWholly claimed by Bhutan, but on the border of the Tibet Autonomous Region according to China.unclimbed104Noijin Kangsang7,19023,5832,16088.4East TibetanChina1986120Nun7,13523,4092,404166.7Kashmir ValleyIndiaIn Pakistan's disputed Jammu and Kashmir (Union territory) region, claimed by India.1953148Kangto7,09023,1632,195189.6Arunachal PradeshIndiaChina Machapuchare"Fish Tail"6,99322,94312339.2Central Nepal1957‡Sacred to Shiva, off-limits. ‡(short of summit)Dorje Lakpa"Langtang Himal"6,96622,85479615.1CentralNepal1992NW of Kathmandu.Kedarnath Main"The Great God" 6,940 22,763 1027 10.3 Himalayas India 1947 Kedarnath Dome"Kedarnath II" 6,831 22,406 1027 10.3 Himalayas India 1947 Ama Dablam"Mother And Her Necklace" 6,814 22,350 Mahalangur Nepal 1961 Kangtega"The Snow Saddle" 6,782 22,251 Mahalangur Nepal Gangchenta"Tiger Mountain" 6,678 21,909149522.85BhutaneseBhutanChinaUnclimbed Mount Kailash Kang Rinpoche (Precious Snow Peak) 6,638 21,778 1319 66.0 West TibetanStrictly not in the Himalaya, but in the Transhimalaya on the Tibetan plateau Nepal Unclimbed Sacred to four religions, near sources of four major rivers.Mana Peak"Manaswini" 6,561 21,520 Himalayas India 1972 Tserim Kang6,53221,4308124.34BhutaneseBhutanChinaUnclimbed Bandarpunch"Mahalangur Hanuman" 6,498 21,313 Mahalangur India 1947

Passes and routes The rugged terrain makes few routes through the mountains possible. Routes through the Himalaya include: +Notable passes and routesPass or route ElevationCoordinatesNotesmftBanihal PassConnecting the hill areas of Jammu to the Kashmir Valley.The Jawahar tunnel, Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel and Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel pass under it.Zoji LaBetween the vale of Kashmir and the Kargil district, and is the only western entrance to the highlands of Ladakh.The under construction Zoji-la Tunnel passes under it.Rohtang PassConnects the Kullu Valley to Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh and further to Ladakh.The Atal Tunnel passes under it.Bara-lacha laOn the road between Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh and Leh, LadakhKhardung LaOn the road between Diskit town and Galwan Valley in Ladakh, India. 3rd highest motorable road in India and in the world.Kunzum PassBetween the Lahaul and Spiti valleys in Himachal Pradesh, IndiaChangla PassOn the road between Pangong Tso and Leh Town in Ladakh, India.Mohan PassThe principal pass in the Siwalik Hills, the southernmost and geologically youngest foothills running parallel to the main Himalayas, between the Gangetic Plain and Doon valley in Uttarakhand.Shipki LaOn the road between Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India and TibetUmling LaConnecting Demchok and Chisumle villages, 230 km from Leh Town in Ladakh. Highest motorable road in the world. Stretching for 86 km, the temperature ranges from -10 °C to -20 °C. Oxygen level is 50% less than normal range.Mana PassOn the border between Tibet and Garhwal, Uttarakhand State of India. Second-highest motorable road in India and in the world.Lipulekh PassOn the road between Kalapani in Kumaon, India and Lake Manasarovar near mount Kailash in TibetThorong LaThe high point of the Annapurna Circuit, it connects the Manang District to the Mustang District in Nepal.Kora LaOn the Nepal-Tibet border at the upper end of Mustang. The Kali Gandaki Gorge (a graben), transects the main Himalaya and Transhimalayan ranges.Kora La is the lowest pass through both ranges between K2 and Everest, but some higher than Nathula and Jelepla passes further east between Sikkim and Tibet.Arniko Rajmarg/Friendship Highway routeFrom Kathmandu, Nepal crossing into Tibet at Kodari/Zhangmu, to Nyalam, Lalung-La pass (5,050m/16,570 ft), Tingri, Shelkar, Gyatso La pass, to Lhatse on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra River about 460 road km west of LhasaNathu LaConnecting Sikkim, India to Lhasa, TibetJelep LaOn the road between Kupup town and Baba Hanuman Singh Mandir in Sikkim state, IndiaSela PassOn the road between Bomdila town and Tawang Town in Arunachal Pradesh state, India

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External links Three Passes in Everest Region