Highest Mountains of the World

The following table contains on the most famous and top ten highest mountains in the world. Name of mountain with its world ranking, range, height, country name and name of continent is given for reader convenient:

Mountain’s  Name	Range Name	Height		Country
		In Feets	In Meters
Mount Everest	Himalayas	29035	8850	Nepal/China
K2 (Qogir)	Karakoram	28250	8611	Pakistan
Kangchenjunga	Himalayas	28169	8586	Nepal
Lhotse	Himalayas	27920	8501	Nepal
Makalu	Himalayas	27765	8462	Nepal
Cho Oyu	Himalayas	26906	8201	Nepal
Dhaulagiri	Himalayas	26794	8167	Nepal
Manaslu	Himalayas	26758	8156	Nepal
Nanga Parbat	Himalayas	26658	8125	Pakistan
Annapurna	Himalayas	26545	8091	Nepal

According to a rough estimation about 12% of the world population lives in the mountain areas. Interesting point is that all the top 10 mountains are situated in the continent of Asia and except Karakoram all of above mentioned mountains come into the range of great, middle and sub Himalayas. The above listed mountains lies on the land surface above the sea level but some highest mountains of the world also found under the oceans and one of the world largest under ocean mountain is Mauna Kea in the Hawaii and if we compare,  it is greater than the Mount Everest. The Mount Everest is tallest mountain from the above sea level.