Tallest Mountain on Each Continent
About This Dataset
Tallest Mountain on Each Continent
The highest peak on each of the seven continents according to standard geographic classification. These summits collectively form the Seven Summits — a mountaineering challenge first completed by American Richard Bass in 1985. Mount Everest in Asia remains the highest point on Earth at 8,849 metres above sea level.
Analysis
Asia — Mount Everest heads the table on 8,849, ahead of South America — Aconcagua (6,961) and North America — Denali (6,194) in Elevation (m). 4,041 separates the highest figure (8,849) from the lowest (4,808) in Elevation (m). First and second are separated by 1,888, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 6,194 to 4,808 Elevation (m).
Source:
Guinness World Records
Key Findings
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Asia — Mount Everest leads in Elevation (m) with 8,849.
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Average Elevation (m): 6,016 · median: 5,769.
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Gap: Asia — Mount Everest is 1.8× larger than Europe (Alps) — Mont Blanc.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Guinness World Records
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Elevation (m)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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