Top 10 Highest Mountains on Our Planet

8. Kangchenjunga, Nepal & India

It is located on the border of India and Nepal, is 8,586 m high and occupies the third place in the world, considering height. An alternative name for this mountain is the “Five treasures of the deep snow, because the configuration is such that 5 peaks allocate. By the mid-19th century this mountain was considered to be the highest mountain in the world.

Kangchenjunga
Credit: A.Ostrovsky