{{Short description|Village in Nepal}}
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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 {{coord|27|57|16|N|86|41|43|E|}}.
Located at an elevation of {{cvt|4,750.|m}},<ref name="Reynolds2012">{{cite book |last=Reynolds|first=Kev |author-link=Kev Reynolds|title=Everest: A Trekker's Guide: Trekking Routes in Nepal and Tibet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1HPufqCbmQC&pg=PA151 |accessdate=13 May 2012 |date=23 April 2012 |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-84965-480-7 |page=151}}</ref> 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.
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 {{cvt|6|ft}} of snow being dumped into the mountains during the previous week, significantly increasing the avalanche hazard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caingram.info/Articles/Gokyo_reports.htm|title=The Gokyo Avalanche of November 1995|publisher=caingram.info|accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref>
<br><gallery class=center caption="Gokyo"> Gokyo-Lake 3-56-Gokyo village-2007-gje.jpg Gokyo, Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg Gokyo Ri, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg </gallery> thumb|Gokyo Lake and Village as seen from the Glaciel side of the place.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://travelawaytrek.com/gokyo-lakes/ There are total 6 Gokyo Lakes] *[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/7015324 Photograph of the village and lake]
{{Solukhumbu District}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Solukhumbu District Category:Himalayas Category:Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality
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