- Elevation
- 8,485 m27,838 ft
- Range
- Himalaya
- Country
- Nepal / China
- Coordinates
- 27° 53′ 23″ N87° 05′ 20″ E · 27.8897, 87.0889
- In this index
- 5th highestof 56 summits
Makalu stands 8,485 metres above the sea, in the Himalaya of Nepal / China: the 5th highest of the 56 summits in this index. Its nearest neighbour here is Lhotse, 17 km to the north-west.
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In the Himalaya
- Mount Everest 8,849 m Himalaya · Nepal / China
- Kangchenjunga 8,586 m Himalaya · Nepal / India
- Lhotse 8,516 m Himalaya · Nepal / China
- Makalu 8,485 m Himalaya · Nepal / China
- Cho Oyu 8,188 m Himalaya · Nepal / China
- Dhaulagiri 8,167 m Himalaya · Nepal
- Manaslu 8,163 m Himalaya · Nepal
- Nanga Parbat 8,126 m Himalaya · Pakistan
- Annapurna 8,091 m Himalaya · Nepal
- Ama Dablam 6,812 m Himalaya · Nepal