[3] Gokyo Lakes are located in the Khumjung Village Development Committee of Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone in north-eastern Nepal.

The Gokyo Lake system is naturally vulnerable, as it lies in an ecologically fragile and unstable zone.

The wetland lies at the head of the Dudh Kosi, which descends from Cho Oyu.

About 500 Hindus take a holy bath in the lakes during the Janai Purnima festival, which usually occurs in the month of August.

[5] The site is worshipped as the residing place of 'Nag Devata' (Snake God); a temple of the Hindu deities Vishnu and Shiva is situated at the western corner of the lake.