| Highest Peaks | Death Zone | Eight Thousanders
Eight-Thousanders: Highest Peaks above 8000 meters.
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Eight-Thousanders are the 14 mountains that are more than 8,000 meters (26,247 ft) in height above sea level.
All eight-thousanders are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia, and their summits are in the death zone.
In mountaineering, the death zone refers to altitudes above a certain point where the pressure of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span.
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