Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, is the highest mountain peak in the world at 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) above sea level, as re-measured in 2020. K2 (8,611 m) in the Karakoram range is the second highest, followed by Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) and Lhotse (8,516 m).