Kathmandu. The government has taken an initiative to list six more mountains of Nepal as separate mountains in the international list of mountains higher than 8,000 meters in the world.
On the occasion of the 2026 General Assembly of the World Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, the Government of Nepal has forwarded the proposal through the Nepal Mountaineering Association. If this proposal gets international recognition, the number of mountains higher than 8,000 meters in the world will increase from 14 to 20, while the number of such mountains in Nepal alone will reach 14.
Representatives, experts and stakeholders of mountain climbing federations from different countries of the world are participating in the general assembly which started yesterday in Kathmandu.
Yalung Kang (8,505 meters), Kanchenjunga South (8,476 meters), Kanchenjunga Central (8,473 meters), Lhotse Central (8,410 meters), Lhotse Shar (8,400 meters) and Yalung Kang West (8,077 meters) are among the mountains proposed by Nepal to be given international recognition as separate mountains.
With these mountains getting international recognition, the Himalayan identity of Nepal will be further expanded and Nepal’s presence on the map of world mountaineering will be strengthened. It will also contribute to the identification of new mountaineering destinations, expansion of climbing activities and promotion of adventure tourism. After 1982 and 2011, Nepal hosted the General Assembly of the World Mountaineering and Climbing Federation for the third time.