8000m peaks and subpeaks

by Hans

In the web exist several pages listing the wellknown fourteen 8000m peaks - the highest mountains of the world! But what is with their subpeaks and subsidiary summits?

Shishapangma
Shishapangma

This article gives a brief overview of the fourteen eight-thousanders with all their subpeaks and subsidiary summits. Having a prominence of less than 200 metres every single subpeak may be a mountaineering challenge with its own risks and specific characteristics and therefore gains its own place in the following peak list.

The list is not complete, but offers some interesting informations for all sorts of Himalayan climbers. For example have a look at the Manaslu South-East peak with a height of 8010 m: It maybe the last remaining unclimbed 8000 m subpeak of the world and can be a challenge for coming Himalayan expeditions.

Have also a look at the articles "Highest Mountains" and "What is a peak and when is a peak climbed?".

8000m peaks locations on maps-for-free.com
8000m peaks locations on maps-for-free.com

Mount Everest (8850 m)

Other Names: Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Qomolangma, Gipfel XV
Coordinates: 27.988056182861328 / 86.92527770996094
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 29.05.1953
Climbers: Sir Edmund Hillary (NZ), Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (NP)
Nation: Great Britain

Mount Everest South Peak (8760 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Mount Everest Northeast Peak (8393 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

K2 (8611 m)

Other Names: Chogori, Mt. Godwin Austen
Coordinates: 35.88194274902344 / 76.51416778564453
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: 31.07.1954
Climbers: Lino Lacedelli (IT), Achille Compagnoni (IT)
Nation: Italy

K2 West Peak (8230 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

K2 South Peak (8132 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Kanchenjunga (8586 m)

Other Names: Kangchenjunga, Kangchen Dzönga, Khangchendzonga, Kanchenjanga, Kachendzonga, Kangchanfanga
Coordinates: 27.703332901000977 / 88.14749908447266
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / India / Himalaya / Kanchenjunga Group
First Ascent: 25.05.1955
Climbers: George Band (UK), Joe Brown (UK), Tony Streather (UK), Norman Hardie (NZ)
Nation: Great Britain

Kangchenjunga West Peak (8505 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / India / Himalaya / Kanchenjunga Group
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Kangchenjunga Middle Peak (8482 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / India / Himalaya / Kanchenjunga Group
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Kangchenjunga South Peak (8476 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / India / Himalaya / Kanchenjunga Group
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Lhotse (8516 m)

Other Names: Lho Tse
Coordinates: 27.962499618530273 / 86.93416595458984
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 18.05.1956
Climbers: Fritz Luchsinger (CH), Ernest Reiss (CH)
Nation: Switzerland

Lhotse Middle Peak (8426 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Lhotse East Peak (8400 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 23.05.2001
Climbers: S. Timofeev and eight other climbers
Nation: Unknown

Lhotse Shar (8383 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 12.05.1970
Climbers: S. Mayerl, R. Walter
Nation: Unknown

Makalu (8485 m)

Other Names: Makalufeng
Coordinates: 27.88972282409668 / 87.0888900756836
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 15.05.1955
Climbers: Jean Couzy (FR), Lionel Terray (FR), Jean Franco (FR), Guido Magnone (FR), Jean Bouvier (FR), Serge Coupe (FR), Pierre Leroux (FR), Andre Vialatte (FR), Gyalzen Sherpa Norbu (NP)
Nation: France

Makalu Southeast Peak (8010 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Cho Oyu (8201 m)

Other Names: Cho Oyo, Mt. Zhuoaoyou
Coordinates: 28.093610763549805 / 86.66194152832031
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / China / Himalaya / Khumbu Himal
First Ascent: 19.10.1954
Climbers: Herbert Tichy (AT), Sepp Jöchler (AT), Pasang Dawa Lama (NP)
Nation: Austria

Dhaulagiri I (8167 m)

Other Names: Dhaula Himal
Coordinates: 28.69611167907715 / 83.49527740478516
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Dhaulagiri Himal
First Ascent: 13.05.1960
Climbers: Hugo Weber (CH), Albin Schelbert (CH), Maichael Vaucher (CH), Peter Diener (CH), Ernst Forrer (CH), Georg Hajdukiewicz (PL), Adam Skoczylas (PL), Kurt Diemberger (AT), Norman G. Dyrenfurth (US)
Nation: Switzerland

Manaslu (8163 m)

Other Names: Kutang
Coordinates: 28.5494441986084 / 84.56194305419922
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Manaslu Region
First Ascent: 09.05.1956
Climbers: Toshio Imanishi (JP), Kiishiro Kato (JP), Minoru Higeta (JP), Gyalazen Norbu (NP)
Nation: Japan

Manaslu Southeast Peak (8010 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Manaslu Region
First Ascent: Unclimbed
Climbers: --
Nation: --

Nanga Parbat (8125 m)

Other Names: Diamir
Coordinates: 35.239166259765625 / 74.58999633789062
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / Karakorum / Punjab Himalaya
First Ascent: 03.07.1953
Climbers: Hermann Buhl (AT)
Nation: Germany / Austria

Nanga Parbat South Peak (8042 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / Karakorum / Punjab Himalaya
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Annapurna I (8091 m)

Other Names: Morshiadi
Coordinates: 28.59583282470703 / 83.82221984863281
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Annapurna Himal
First Ascent: 03.06.1950
Climbers: Maurice Herzog (FR), Louis Lachenal (FR)
Nation: France

Annapurna Middle Peak (8051 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Annapurna Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Annapurna East Peak (8010 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Annapurna Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Annapurna Northeast Peak (8000 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Nepal / Himalaya / Annapurna Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown
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Gasherbrum I (8068 m)

Other Names: HiddenPeak, K5
Coordinates: 35.727779388427734 / 76.69666290283203
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: 04.07.1958
Climbers: Andrew Kauffmann (US), Peter K. Schoening (US)
Nation: USA

Broad Peak (8051 m)

Other Names: Falchan Kangri, Faichan Kangri, K3
Coordinates: 35.809722900390625 / 76.5736083984375
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: 09.06.1957
Climbers: Kurt Diemberger (AT), Hermann Buhl (AT), Markus Schmuck (AT), Fritz Wintersteller (AT)
Nation: Austria

Broad Peak Middle Peak (8011 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Broad Peak North Peak (8011 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

Gasherbrum II (8035 m)

Other Names: K4
Coordinates: 35.758609771728516 / 76.65416717529297
Location Details: Asia / Pakistan / China / Karakorum / Baltoro Muztagh
First Ascent: 07.07.1956
Climbers: Sepp Larch (AT), Fritz Moravetz (AT), Hans Willenpart (AT)
Nation: Austria

Shisha Pangma (8027 m)

Other Names: Gosainthan, Goshiatang Ri
Coordinates: 28.351943969726562 / 85.78194427490234
Location Details: Asia / China / Himalaya / Langtang Himal
First Ascent: 02.05.1964
Climbers: Ten unknown climbers from Tibet and China led by Hsu Ching
Nation: China

Shisha Pangma Middle Peak (8008 m)

Other Names: Not available
Coordinates: Unknown
Location Details: Asia / China / Himalaya / Langtang Himal
First Ascent: Date unknown
Climbers: Unknown
Nation: Unknown

8000m peaks and subpeaks ordered by their height

  Height Peak Country Range First Ascent
1 8850 m Mount Everest Nepal / China Himalaya 29.05.1953
2 8760 m Mount Everest South Peak Nepal / China Himalaya unknown
3 8611 m K2 Pakistan / China Karakorum 31.07.1954
4 8586 m Kanchenjunga Nepal / India Himalaya 25.05.1955
5 8516 m Lhotse Nepal / China Himalaya 18.05.1956
6 8505 m Kangchenjunga West Peak Nepal / India Himalaya unknown
7 8485 m Makalu Nepal / China Himalaya 15.05.1955
8 8482 m Kangchenjunga Middle Peak Nepal / India Himalaya unknown
9 8476 m Kangchenjunga South Peak Nepal / India Himalaya unknown
10 8426 m Lhotse Middle Peak Nepal / China Himalaya unknown
11 8400 m Lhotse East Peak Nepal / China Himalaya 23.05.2001
12 8393 m Mount Everest Northeast Peak Nepal / China Himalaya unknown
13 8383 m Lhotse Shar Nepal / China Himalaya 12.05.1970
14 8230 m K2 West Peak Pakistan / China Karakorum unknown
15 8201 m Cho Oyu Nepal / China Himalaya 19.10.1954
16 8167 m Dhaulagiri I Nepal Himalaya 13.05.1960
17 8163 m Manaslu Nepal Himalaya 09.05.1956
18 8132 m K2 South Peak Pakistan / China Karakorum unknown
19 8125 m Nanga Parbat Pakistan Karakorum 03.07.1953
20 8091 m Annapurna I Nepal Himalaya 03.06.1950
21 8068 m Gasherbrum I Pakistan / China Karakorum 04.07.1958
22 8051 m Annapurna Middle Peak Nepal Himalaya unknown
23 8051 m Broad Peak Pakistan / China Karakorum 09.06.1957
24 8042 m Nanga Parbat South Peak Pakistan Karakorum unknown
25 8035 m Gasherbrum II Pakistan / China Karakorum 07.07.1956
26 8027 m Shisha Pangma China Himalaya 02.05.1964
27 8011 m Broad Peak Middle Peak Pakistan / China Karakorum unknown
28 8011 m Broad Peak North Peak Pakistan / China Karakorum unknown
29 8010 m Annapurna East Peak Nepal Himalaya unknown
30 8010 m Makalu Southeast Peak Nepal / China Himalaya unknown
31 8010 m Manaslu Southeast Peak Nepal Himalaya unclimbed!!!
32 8008 m Shisha Pangma Middle Peak China Himalaya unknown
33 8000 m Annapurna Northeast Peak Nepal Himalaya unknown
Updated: 06/06/2011, Hans
 
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Veronica on 12/15/2021

Wow, what a list. Very well done ad very interesting.

frankbeswick on 12/15/2021

What a useful list. Let us hear more from you!

DerdriuMarriner on 12/14/2021

Hans, Thank you for practical information and product lines.
Manaslu always has fascinated me for how complicated, at least on this side of the pond, it is to sort through climbing history, and how photogenic it is.
The Wikipedia article identifies as its source Messner for saying that the south-east face was climbed by a Polish team in autumn 1984. Is that the face of the southeast peak or is it the southeast side of the main climbed peak?

Hans on 05/27/2011

Hi Michey,
Thanks for your comment. On Pagewizz.com (The "German" Wizzley) I have written some more articles about our hiking trips.
Regards, Has

Michey on 05/26/2011

Wow Hans, this is great, so much info, so accurate and well presented.
I love mountains hiking Thanks

Hans on 05/24/2011

Yes! But also I had these pages written a few years ago. So it is more a copy and paste work :-)
Cheers, Hans

chefkeem on 05/24/2011

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