Seven Summits

Everest from Khala Phthar - Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in Asia, and the world.

The following article lists the Seven Summits and Seven Second Summits. Climbing each of the summits is a mountaineering challenge.

Seven First Summits

The Seven Summits are the tallest mountains on each continent. The summits are:

• Mount Everest, Asia, 8,848 m
• Aconcagua, South America, 6,961 m
• Denali National Park|Denali, North America, 6,194 m
• Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa, 5,895 m
• Kabardino-Balkaria|Elbrus, Europe, 5,642 m
• Vinson, Antarctica, 4,892 m

Australia's tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko GPS ,(2,228 m), was on the original Seven Summits list. As this mountain is considered a rather trivial challenge, Puncak Jaya GPS , on New Guinea (4,884 m) is considered to represent Oceania.

Mont Blanc(4,810 m) is occasionally regarded as Europe's tallest mountain, as Elbrus, and nearby peaks, are on different sides of the Europe-Asia border, depending on definition. However and the mountain is not on any of the Seven Summits lists. It is however a classic in mountaineering, and an alternative to Elbrus, due to the often unstable political situation in the North Caucasus.

Seven Second Summits

Some mountaineers attempt to climb the second highest peak on each continent. While the peaks are at lower altitudes than the Seven Summits, some of them are more technically difficult, so the Second Summits are considered a greater mountaineering challenge than the Seven Summits.

• K2, Asia, 8,611 m
• Northern Chile#Nevado Ojos del Salado|Ojos del Salado, South America, 6,893 m; highest volcano of the Earth
• Kluane National Park|Mount Logan, North America, 5,959 m
• Kabardino-Balkaria|Dykh-Tau, Europe, 5,205 m
• Mount Kenya, Africa, 5,199 m
• {{marker|type=orange West Antarctica|Mount Tyree, Antarctica, 4,852 m

Once again and there's some disagreement about the seventh mountain on the list. If you prefer a mountain in Australia, it's Kosciuszko National Park|Mount Townsend(2,209 m); otherwise, it's {{marker|type=orange Papua|Puncak Mandala(4,760 m) in Indonesia.

Those who consider Mont Blanc the tallest mountain in Europe would consider {{marker|type=orange - Monte Rosa(4,634 m; Switzerland's tallest mountain) to be the second tallest.