Dughla is a small hamlet 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
Himalayas of Nepal, to the south of
Khumbu Glacier. The settlement, consisting of several huts, is located at an elevation of ,
making it one of the highest settlements in the world, but likely not permanently inhabited all year around as it is essentially a collection of huts catering to hikers.
Gokyo to the northwest is a little higher in elevation than Dughla. The village lies in an elevated position above and to the northeast of the lake, obscured from views of the lake by a rocky precipice. The village is best viewed on
Google Earth
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at . There also exists a glacial lake
Tshola Tsho and
Cho La Pass
Cho or CHO may refer to:
People
* Chief Happiness Officer
Surnames
* Cho (Korean surname), one romanization of the common Korean surname
* Zhuo (), romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Chinese surname
* Cho, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese s ...
nearby.
References
External links
*Photograph of the village
Populated places in Solukhumbu District
Lakes of Province No. 1
Himalayas
Khumbu Pasanglhamu
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