Which mountain is the highest peak in the Himalayas?

What is the country where the highest peak in South America is located? What is the continent where Carstensz Pyramid is the highest peak? Which mountain is the highest peak in the contiguous United States? What is the country where Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, is located? Which mountain is the highest peak in New Zealand? Which continent is home to the highest peak, Mount Everest? What is the second-highest peak in South America? What is the highest peak in the Pamir Mountains?