Chharchung is a small village in

Solukhumbu District Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumb ...

in the

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...

s of Nepal. It lies to the southeast of the

Gokyo Lakes Gokyo Lakes are oligotrophic lakes in Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park, located at an altitude of above sea level. Lakes and resort were named after Gokyo Ri peak. These lakes are the world's highest freshwater lake system comprising six main ...

and

Gokyo 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. Gokyo Cho (Dudh Pokhari). The village is located at an elevation of , mak ...

village and north of

Khumjung Khumjung ( ne, खुम्जुंग) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu subregion inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heri ...

. The village is located at an altitude of , making it one of the highest settlements in Nepal and in the world. The village is best viewed on Google Earth at which reveals areas under cultivation, suggesting a permanent settlement; it's not a known village along the hiking route to Gokyo. lying across the valley.

References

Populated places in Solukhumbu District Himalayas Khumbu Pasanglhamu {{Solukhumbu-geo-stub