The Himalays

Nepal is very famous country for Himalayas. There are hundreds of the Himalayan peaks in northern part of the country. There are 14 mountains more than 8000 meters high In the world. More than half of them are in Nepal. There are 8 Himalayas which are more that 8000 meters high. They are :
1) Mount Everest, 8848 miters

2) Mount Kanchanjunaga. 8586

3) Mount Lotse 8516
4) Mount makalu 8463
5) Mount Choyu 4245
6) Mount Dhaulagiri 8167
7) Mount Manasalu 9163
8) Mount Annapurna 8091
In Nepal 267 Himalaya peaks are opened for climbing. Till now more than 38 Himalayan peaks are not named, which are more than 7000 meters high.

List of eight-thousanders ;

Everest (Nepal) ; 8848 m. First ascensionist Edmund Hillary/ Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953.
K2 (Pakistan) ; 8611 m. First ascensionist Achille Compagnoni/ Lino Lacedelli on July 31, 1954.
Kanchanjunga (Nepal) ; 8586 m First ascensionist George Band/ Joe Brown on May 25, 1955.
Lotse (Nepal) ; 8516 m. First ascensionist Fretz Luchsinger/ Emst Reiss on May 18, 1956
Makalu (Nepal) ; 8485 m. First ascensionist Jean Couzy Lionel Terray on May 15, 1955.
Cho Oyu (Nepal) ; 8201 m. First ascensionist Joseph Joechler/ Psang Dawa Lama/ Herbert Tichy on october 19, 1954.
Dhaulagiri (Nepal) ; 8167 First ascensionist Kurt Diemberger/ Peter Diener/ Nawang Dorje/ Nima Dorje/ Emst Forrer/ Albin Schelber on may 13 1960.
Manaslu (Nepal) ; 8163 m. First ascensionist Toshio Imanishi/ Gyalzen Norbu on may 9, 1956.
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) ; 8126 m. first ascensionist Hermann Buhl on July 3, 1953.
Annapurna (Nepal) ; 8091 m. First ascensionist Maurice Herzog/ Louis Lachenal on June3, 1950.

Gasherbrum i (Pakistan, Karakoram) ; 8080 m. First ascensionist Andew Kauffman/ Pete
Schoeninf on July 5, 1958.
Broad Peak (Pakistan Karakoram) ; 8051 First ascensionist Fritz Wintensteller/ Marcus Schmuck/ Kurt Diemberger/ Hermann Buhl on June 9 1957.
Gasherbrum ii (Pakistan Karakoram) ; 8034 m. first ascensionist Fritz Moravec/ Josef Larch/ Hans Willenpart on July 8, 1956.
Shishapangma (china) ; 8027 m. First ascensionist Ten climbers led by Hsu Ching on May 2, 1964.