Eight-thousanders of the Himalayas and Karakoram

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The "Eight-thousanders of the Himalayas and Karakoram" are the world’s fourteen highest mountains, each exceeding 8,000 meters in elevation and renowned for their extreme climbing challenges and deadly conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical superlative
group of mountains
mountain list
associatedWith death zone
high-altitude mountaineering
supplemental oxygen use
categoryIn UIAA eight-thousander list
linked to: Eight-thousander
climbingSeason post-monsoon
pre-monsoon
contains Annapurna I
linked to: Annapurna

Broad Peak
Cho Oyu
Dhaulagiri I
linked to: Dhaulagiri

Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum II
K2
Kangchenjunga
Lhotse
Makalu
Manaslu
Mount Everest
Nanga Parbat
Shishapangma
definingCriterion >= 8000 metres above sea level
hasNumberOfElements 14
highestElevationMetres 8848.86
highestMember Mount Everest
knownFor extreme climbing difficulty
high fatality rates
severe weather conditions
technical mountaineering challenges
locatedIn Himalayas
Karakoram
locatedInCountry China
India
Nepal
Pakistan
locatedInRegion Central Asia
South Asia
lowestElevationMetres 8027
lowestMember Shishapangma
notableListCompletedBy Jerzy Kukuczka
Reinhold Messner
partOf Alpine mountaineering objectives
superlativeOf highest mountains on Earth
usedAsBenchmarkIn mountaineering achievements

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K3 partOf Eight-thousanders of the Himalayas and Karakoram