Top 10 Highest Mountains in the Worldbr br br It is interesting to note that there are approximately 109 mountains on our planet with elevations greater than 7,200 metres above sea level. These snow-capped mountains attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. The below-mentioned 'Top 6 Highest Mountains of the world' describes the height, location, range, country and other interesting facts about peaks.br br Cho Oyubr Elevation: 8,188 m .Prominence: 2,340 m .Isolation: 29 km.br Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world above sea level. It is located on the China-Nepal border. It is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalayas (20 km West of Mount Everest).br br Makalubr Elevation: 8,463 m .Prominence: 2,386 m .Isolation: 17 km .br Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas (19 km South-East of Mount Everest) on the border between Nepal and TAR, China.br br Lhotsebr Elevation: 8,516 m .Prominence: 610 m .Isolation: 2.66 km.br Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world above sea level. It is located on the border between TAR, China and the Khumbu region of Nepal.br br Kangchenjungabr Elevation: 8,586 m . Prominence: 3,922 m .Isolation: 124 km.br Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world above sea level. It lies between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks (Main, Central, and South) directly on the border, and the remaining two (West and Kangbachen) in Taplejung District, Nepal.br br K2br Elevation: 8,611 m .Prominence: 4,020 m .Isolation: 1,316 kmbr K2 or Mount Godwin Austen is the second-highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest above sea level. It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and Dafdar Township in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. It is the highest point of the Karakoram mountain range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang.br br Everestbr Elevation: 8,848.86 m .Prominence: 8,848.86 m .Isolation: 40,008 km br Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the Earth above sea level and is located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point.