🌲 Shey Phoksundo National Park

Nepal · Asia · National Park · 29.36°N, 82.85°E

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Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest and only trans-Himalayan national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and covers an area of 3,555 km2 (1,373 sq mi) in the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal. The protected area ranges in elevation from 2,130 to 6,885 m. Phoksundo Lake is the park's prominent feature, located at an elevation of 3,612 m (11,850 ft).

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Quick facts

CountryNepal
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)29.36°N, 82.85°E · view on map

Shey Phoksundo National Park is a national park in Nepal, in Asia. The details of why Shey Phoksundo National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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