She Phoksundo National Park
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| Location: | Karnali , Nepal | ||
| Next city: | Birendran agar | ||
| Surface: | 3555 km² | ||
| Founding: | 1984 | ||
The Sche-Phoksundo National Park ( Nepali शे-फोकसुण्डो She-Phoksundo , English Shey Phoksundo ) is the largest and most remote national park in Nepal and the only national park in the country north of the main Himalayan ridge.
It was founded in 1984, has an area of 3555 km² and extends over the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the north-west of the country at an altitude between 2130 and 6883 m . The park’s trademark and namesake is Lake Phoksundo at an altitude of 3612 m .
Approx. 9000 people live in the park in smaller villages. The park is known as a retreat for the particularly endangered snow leopard .
Web links
- Information of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
- Trek to Shey Lake Phoksumdo with images (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ UR Bhuju, PR Shakya, TB Basnet, S. Shrestha: Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites. ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Program, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu 2007, ISBN 978-92-9115-033-5
