page_title: South Summit (Mount Everest)
hierarchical_section_title: South Summit (Mount Everest)
caption_attribution_description: English: Summit camp Everest
context_page_description: The South Summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the second-highest peak on Earth, and is a subsidiary peak to the primary peak of Mount Everest. Although its elevation above sea level of 8,749 metres is higher than the second-highest mountain on Earth, K2, it is only considered a separate peak and not a separate mountain as its prominence is only 11 meters.
context_section_description: The South Summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the second-highest peak on Earth, and is a subsidiary peak to the primary peak of Mount Everest. Although its elevation above sea level of 8,749 metres (28,704 ft) is higher than the second-highest mountain on Earth, K2 (whose summit is 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level), it is only considered a separate peak and not a separate mountain as its prominence is only 11 meters.
caption: The pinnacle is the South Summit in this view from the South Col
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