Top 10 World's Highest Mountain

<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">Here is the list of world's top10 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.9880555556,86.9252777778&spn=1.0,1.0&q=27.9880555556,86.9252777778%20%28List%20of%20highest%20mountains%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="List of highest mountains">Highest Mountain</a>.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">1. <b>Everest, Himalayas</b>, Nepal / Tibet, 29.035 ft / 8.850 m<br><img alt="everest" height="287" src="http://waln.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/everest.jpg?w=300&h=225" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid transparent; padding: 1px;" width="383"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mount Everest</b><br>The most famous mountain peak in the Himalayas is also the highest of them all -- Mount Everest. It is known by the name of Sagarmatha among the Nepalese and Qomolangma (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.9880555556,86.9252777778&spn=0.1,0.1&q=27.9880555556,86.9252777778%20%28Mount%20Everest%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Mount Everest">Chomolangma</a>) in Tibet, meaning goddess-mother.The highest point on earth, Mt Everest rises majestically up to a height of 8,848 m (29,028 ft) above sea level. This is the official figure as recorded by the 1954 Indian Government Survey, although recent surveys have suggested slightly varying figures. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">On Mt Everest, three mountain ridges -- the Southeast, the Northeast, and the West - - meet to form two summits: the main Everest summit at 8,848 m (29,028 ft) and the South Summit at 8,748 m (28,700 ft) above sea level. The North face of Everest rises about 12,000 ft above the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.0,88.0&spn=5.0,5.0&q=33.0,88.0%20%28Tibetan%20Plateau%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a>. Viewed from the Nepal side, Everest forms a cluster of high mountain peaks along with other Himalayan giants -- Changtse from the north (7,560 m), Khumbutse from the northwest (6,665 m), Nuptse from the southwest (7,861 m), and Lhotse from the south (8,501 m).</span><span style="font-size: small;"> More top 9 World's Highest Mountain after the break..</span><br></div><a href="http://pmodels.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-10-worlds-highest-mountain.html#more">Continue Reading...</a>

Top 10 World's Highest Mountain

Here is the list of world's top10 Highest Mountain . 1.  Everest, Himalayas , Nepal / Tibet, 29.035 ft / 8.850 m   Mount Everest The mos...

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