Gokyo Lakes

E187805
Ramsar site group of lakes tourist attraction

Gokyo Lakes is a high-altitude group of glacial lakes in Nepal’s Everest region, renowned for their turquoise waters, dramatic Himalayan scenery, and popularity among trekkers.

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Label Occurrences
Gokyo Lakes canonical 3
Gokyo 2
Gokyo Valley trek 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ramsar site ⓘ
group of lakes ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
biodiversityImportance habitat for migratory waterbirds ⓘ
climate alpine ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
drainage Dudh Koshi ⓘ
surface form: Dudh Koshi River
ecosystemType alpine wetland ⓘ
elevation about 4700–5000 metres above sea level ⓘ
fedBy Ngozumpa Glacier ⓘ
governingBody Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation of Nepal ⓘ
highestLakeElevation about 5000 metres above sea level ⓘ
knownFor Himalayan scenery ⓘ
high-altitude trekking ⓘ
turquoise waters ⓘ
views of Mount Everest ⓘ
locatedIn Everest region ⓘ
Khumbu Valley ⓘ
surface form: Khumbu region

Solukhumbu District ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Sagarmatha National Park ⓘ
majorLake Dudh Pokhari ⓘ
Gyazumpa Cho ⓘ
Longabanga Lake ⓘ
Ngozumpa Cho ⓘ
Tanjung Cho ⓘ
Thonak Cho ⓘ
mountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
nearestSettlement Gokyo village ⓘ
numberOfLakes 6 main lakes ⓘ
offersViewOf Cho Oyu ⓘ
Lhotse ⓘ
Makalu ⓘ
Mount Everest ⓘ
origin glacial ⓘ
partOf Dudh Koshi ⓘ
surface form: Dudh Koshi river basin
pilgrimageEvent Janai Purnima festival bathing rituals ⓘ
primaryAccessPoint Lukla ⓘ
RamsarDesignationYear 2007 ⓘ
RamsarSiteNumber 1695 ⓘ
religiousSignificance sacred to Buddhists ⓘ
sacred to Hindus ⓘ
tourismActivity Gokyo Ri ascent ⓘ
Gokyo Valley trek ⓘ
trekDuration about 10–14 days round trip from Lukla ⓘ
UNESCOStatus within Sagarmatha National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ
viewpoint Gokyo Ri ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagarmatha National Park → contains → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
Sagarmatha National Park → tourismActivity → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gokyo Valley trek
Namche Bazaar → onRouteTo → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
Ngozumpa Glacier (nearby) → hasNearbySettlement → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngozumpa Glacier
this entity surface form: Gokyo
Ngozumpa Glacier (nearby) → hasNearbyLake → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngozumpa Glacier
Khumbu → contains → Gokyo Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gokyo