The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in height, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia is Aconcagua, at 6,961 m (22,838 ft), in the Andes.