Seven Summits

Etymology: Named Chumulanma in Tibetan, meaning "Holy Mother". 

Height: 8,848.86 m 

Location:  Part of Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. Peak is bisected by China - Nepal border.

First ascent: Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Hillary in 1953.

Etymology: Named after a mythical mountain of Iranian origin.

Height: 5,642  m 

Location:  Part of Caucasus mountain range in Southern Russia.

First ascent:  Englishmen F. Crauford Grov's expedition  in 1874.

Etymology: Unknown, likely of Kiswahili word origin.

Height: 5,895  m 

Location:  Part of Eastern Rift mountain in Tanzania.

First ascent: Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller on 6 October 1889.

Etymology: The name is based on a Koyukon word for "high" or "tall" by the Koyokon-Athabaskan people of N America.

Height: 6,190 m

Location: Part of Alaskan Range. 

First ascent:  Walter Harper in 1913.

Etymology: Origin of name is uncertain. 

Height: 6,962 m

Location: Part of the Andes mountain range in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

First ascent: Matthias Zurbriggen in 1897. 

Etymology: Indonesian name. Puncak means 'peak' and Jaya means 'victorious' or 'glorious'.

Height: 4,884 m

Location: Part of the Sudirman range in Indonesia

First ascent: Heinrich Harrer, Philip Temple, Russell Kippax and Albertus Huizenga in 1962.  

Etymology: Named for U.S. Rep. Carl Vinson of Georgia.

Height: 4,892 m

Location: Antarctica

First ascent: In 1966 by Nicholas Clinch and party.

 Etymology: Named in 1840 by Polish Explorer Pawel Strzelecki in honour of his homeland hero and freedom fighter, Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

Height: 2,228 m

Location: Main range of the Snowy mountains in New South Wales, Australia.

First ascent: 1840 by Pawel Strzelecki and in Ancient times by Indigenous Australians.