Phoksundo Lake

Phoksundo Lake is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic in 's at an elevation of 3,611.5 m in the Dolpa District. Phoksundo Lake is 494 ha in size with a water volume of 409,000,000 m3 and a discharge of 3.715 m3/s.
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Photo: Carsten.nebel, Public domain.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Dolpa District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Phoksumdo Tal”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ringmo.

Village
is a traditional village in Dolpo in the Dolpa District of , with a seasonal population of about 200. The people are mostly of Tibetan ethnicity, are of the Bönpo faith, and engage in trade, yak herding and tourism.

Phoksundo Lake

Latitude
29.1959° or 29° 11′ 45″ north
Longitude
82.9508° or 82° 57′ 3″ east
Elevation
3,612 metres (11,850 feet)
Open location code
7MX45XW2+98
Open­Street­Map ID
way 189103271
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q3215132
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Satellite Map

Discover Phoksundo Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Phoksundo Lake” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ফোক্সুন্ডো হ্রদ”
  • Chinese: “Phoksundo湖”
  • Dotyali: “फोक्सुण्डो ताल”
  • Esperanto: “Foksundo”
  • French: “Lac Phoksumdo”
  • French: “lac Phoksundo”
  • French: “Lac Phoksundo”
  • German: “Phoksundo-See”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Φοκσούντο”
  • Japanese: “フォクスンド湖”
  • Japanese: “ポクスンド湖”
  • Maithili: “फोक्सुण्डो ताल”
  • Nepali: “फोकसुण्डो ताल”
  • Nepali: “फोक्सुण्डो ताल”
  • Polish: “Phoksumdotal”
  • Russian: “Пхоксундо”
  • Spanish: “Lago Phoksundo”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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