Gokyo Ri

Gokyo Ri
Gokyo Peak File:Gokyo Ri.jpg Gokyo Ri on the left as viewed from Gokyo with Cho Oyu on the right
File:Everest, Lhotse and Makalu from Gokyo Ri.jpg Everest, Lhotse and Makalu from the summit of Gokyo Ri
Highest point
Elevation
Listing	List of mountains in Nepal
Coordinates
Geography
Gokyo Ri Location in Eastern Nepal
Location	Khumbu, Nepal
Parent range	Himalayas

Gokyo Ri, aka Gokyo Peak (5,357 m, 17,575 ft above sea level), is a peak in the Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. It is located on the west side of the Ngozumpa glacier, which is the largest glacier in Nepal and reputed to be the largest in the whole Himalayas. Gokyo (4,750 m, 15,583 ft above sea level), at the base of Gokyo Ri, is a small hamlet of a few stone houses and one of the highest settlements in the world. From Gokyo Ri it is possible to see four 8,000-metre peaks: Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu. The Gokyo Lakes are in the area.

The Gokyo trek is a fairly popular trekking route. The route itself ends at Gokyo Ri, and trekkers typically turn around at this point and retrace their steps back to the trailhead. There is an alternative mountaineering route that begins near the southern tip of Ngozumpa Glacier and just south of Taujun Lake. This alternative route leads east over the Cho La, a pass at 5,420 m (17,782 ft), where it meets with the main Everest Base Camp trek.

There is another higher summit just north of where the main Gokyo trek route ends. It stands at an altitude of 5,483 m (17,989 ft) above sea level.

Everest from Gokyo Ri

File:Mt. Everest from Gokyo Ri November 5, 2012.jpg

A zoom photo of Mount Everest as seen from Gokyo Ri captured in November 2012

Panorama

Panorama from the summit of Gokyo Ri

Panorama from the summit of Gokyo Ri

External links

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