Eight of the World's 14 Highest Peaks Touch Nepal, and Only Three Sit Entirely Inside It

Records & People Nepal shares five of its eight giants with a neighbour, and all eight were first climbed within a single decade, starting with Annapurna in 1950. By Laxman Rawal · Sep 19, 2026 Read the full story

Key facts 8 of the 14 mountains above 8,000 m lie wholly or partly in Nepal Only 3 are entirely Nepali: Dhaulagiri I, Manaslu and Annapurna I The other 5 sit on a border: Everest, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu All eight were first climbed between… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Three inside, five on the line

Dhaulagiri I, Manaslu and Annapurna I are wholly inside Nepal. The other five straddle a frontier. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu sit on the Nepal-China border, and Kangchenjunga sits on the Nepal-India border. The remaining six eight-thousanders are… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

How far above 8,000 metres?

The gap between the biggest and smallest is larger than the raw heights suggest. Measured by how far each rises above the 8,000 m line, Everest is nearly ten times higher than Annapurna I. Metres above 8,000 m, Nepal's eight-thousanders Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

A decade of firsts

The first eight-thousander anyone ever climbed was one of Nepal's. On 3 June 1950, Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal of a French expedition reached the summit of Annapurna I without supplementary oxygen. It is also the only 8,000-metre summit reached on the… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Next steps

To walk around one of Nepal's own eight-thousanders, look at the 14-day Manaslu Circuit , or the shorter 9-day Annapurna Base Camp trek , which climbs into the sanctuary beneath Annapurna I. For a remote border giant, our 22-day Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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