Highest Mountain on Each Continent
About This Dataset
Highest Mountain on Each Continent
The tallest peak on each of the seven continents ranked by summit elevation in metres above sea level. Mount Everest on the Asia-Nepal/Tibet border is the highest point on Earth at 8,849 metres — a measurement updated by a joint Chinese-Nepalese survey in 2020 that added nearly a metre to the previously accepted figure, confirming Everest's status even as climate change gradually alters the snow cap that tops its rocky summit.
Analysis
The top three in Summit Elevation (Metres) are Mount Everest (Asia) (8,849), Aconcagua (South America) (6,961) and Denali (North America) (6,190). The 8 entries cover a range of 6,621, from 8,849 down to 2,228. First and second are separated by 1,888, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. The field is close behind: 7 of the 8 sit at half the leader's figure or above (4,424.5+).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Mount Everest (Asia) leads in Summit Elevation (Metres) with 8,849.
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Average Summit Elevation (Metres): 5,693 · median: 5,769.
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Gap: Mount Everest (Asia) is 4× larger than Mount Kosciuszko (Australia).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Summit Elevation (Metres)
- 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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