Mountains of Nepal
12 places of this kind across 7 districts of Nepal, from the Himal to the Terai. Filter by province or belt, or open any dot on the map.
12 places
Kanchenjunga
Taplejung, Koshi ProvinceThe world's third-highest mountain, on the Nepal–Sikkim border, sacred to the Limbu people as Sewalungma.
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Makalu
Sankhuwasabha, Koshi ProvinceThe fifth-highest mountain in the world: an isolated four-sided pyramid 19 km south-east of Everest.
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Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe highest point on earth at 8,848.86 m, first climbed by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary in 1953.
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Ama Dablam
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvincePerhaps the most beautiful mountain in the Khumbu: 'mother's necklace', a soaring ridge with a hanging glacier like a pendant.
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Lhotse
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe world's fourth-highest mountain, joined to Everest by the South Col, with a colossal 3,000 m south face.
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Cho Oyu
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe sixth-highest mountain, a broad white dome at the head of the Gokyo valley on the Tibetan border.
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Mera Peak
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceNepal's highest 'trekking peak' at 6,476 m, a glacier climb with a view of five 8,000 m mountains.
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Island Peak (Imja Tse)
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceA popular 6,189 m climbing peak in the Chhukung valley, rising like an island in a sea of ice.
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Gaurishankar
Dolakha, Bagmati ProvinceA twin-summited sacred mountain seen from Kathmandu, representing Shiva and his consort Gauri.
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Machhapuchhre (Fishtail)
Kaski, Gandaki ProvincePokhara's sacred 'fish-tail' peak, never officially climbed and closed to mountaineers.
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Dhaulagiri
Myagdi, Gandaki ProvinceThe world's seventh-highest mountain, a vast white wall rising above the Kali Gandaki; also a tough circuit trek.
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Saipal Himal
Bajhang, Sudurpashchim ProvinceThe highest mountain of the far west at 7,031 m, rising above the remote valleys of Bajhang and Humla.
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