Gokyo
Sign in to saveGokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri, located on the eastern shore of the third Gokyo Lake, Dudh Pokhari. To the southeast is the village of Chharchung. Gokyo is best viewed on Google Earth at .
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Place details
- Locality
- खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका
- Region
- कोशी प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gokyo
- Settlement.native_name
- गोक्यो
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gokyo Ri-30-Gokyo-2007-gje.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Gokyo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Part of
- Khumbu
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Solukhumbu District
- Elevation
- +4750
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
- Image
- Gokyo, Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg
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Gokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri, located on the eastern shore of the third Gokyo Lake, Dudh Pokhari. To the southeast is the village of Chharchung. Gokyo is best viewed on Google Earth at .
Located at an elevation of , the village is one of the highest settlements in Nepal and in the world. Almost all the buildings are guest houses for trekkers. The people who live in the village leave during the winter and move to other (lower) villages, or Kathmandu.