Gokyo (Nepal)

बुटवल नगरपालिका Gokyo
Gokyo
Coordinates	27 ° 57 ′  N , 86 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 57 ′  N , 86 ° 42 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 1
District	Solukhumbu
height	4860 m

View from Gokyo Peak

Mount Everest seen from Gokyo Peak

The lodge settlement Gokyo is the only larger settlement ( VDC Khumjung ) in the valley of the Ngozumpa glacier , the largest ice flow in Nepal , which is fed by the Cho Oyu massif ( 8188  m ).

It is located at an altitude of 4860  m directly on the third of the six Gokyo lakes. The village consists of several hostels and restaurants (lodges).

At the northern edge of the village rises the 5483  m high Gokyo Peak ( Gokyo Kang ), one of the most popular trekking peaks in the Khumbu . The lookout point on the pre-summit Gokyo Ri at an altitude of 5350  m offers a fantastic view of no less than four eight-thousanders ( Mount Everest , Lhotse , Makalu , Cho Oyu ) and the other six- and seven-thousanders of the Khumbu region.

Web links

Commons : Gokyo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program, Index of Geographical names of Nepal 2007 (p. 6, no. 216). ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 52 kB)