Gokyo | |
Native Name: | गोक्यो |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagarmatha Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Solukhumbu District |
Subdivision Type3: | VDC |
Subdivision Name3: | Khumjung |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27.9544°N 86.6953°W |
Elevation M: | 4,750 |
Gokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri and 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 27.9544°N 86.6953°W.
The village is located at an elevation of,[1] making it 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 such as Namche Bazaar.
In 1995, an avalanche killed 42 people, including 17 foreign nationals (13 Japanese, two Canadians, one Irish woman and a German). A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal had resulted in of snow being dumped into the mountains during the previous week, significantly increasing the avalanche hazard.[2]