Tsomgo Lake

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Tsomgo Lake is a high-altitude glacial lake in the Indian state of Sikkim, renowned for its scenic beauty and sacred significance to local communities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tsomgo Lake canonical 4
Tsomgo Chho 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessBy mountain road ⓘ
administrativeDivision East Sikkim district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Changu Lake ⓘ
Tsomgo Chho ⓘ
linked to: Tsomgo Lake
climate cold alpine climate ⓘ
considered sacred by local communities ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 38 kilometres from Gangtok ⓘ
elevation approximately 12300 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 3750 metres above sea level ⓘ
environmentalStatus ecologically sensitive area ⓘ
fauna habitat for migratory birds ⓘ
flora alpine vegetation in surrounding area ⓘ
freezesIn winter ⓘ
governedBy Government of Sikkim ⓘ
knownFor frozen winter landscape ⓘ
high-altitude setting ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
yak rides for tourists ⓘ
languageOfToponym Bhutia ⓘ
locatedIn East Sikkim district ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Sikkim ⓘ
locatedNear Gangtok ⓘ
locatedOnRoadTo Nathula Pass ⓘ
nameMeaning source of the lake ⓘ
nearBorderWith China ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
origin glacial melt ⓘ
partOf Eastern Himalaya region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
proximityTo Nathula Pass ⓘ
region eastern Sikkim ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor local Buddhist communities ⓘ
local Hindu communities ⓘ
requires special permits for some visitors ⓘ
state Sikkim ⓘ
tourismType nature tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
touristActivities sightseeing ⓘ
snow activities in winter ⓘ
yak riding ⓘ
usedFor prayers and rituals on auspicious days ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gangtok → nearbyAttraction → Tsomgo Lake ⓘ
Sikkim → hasMajorLake → Tsomgo Lake ⓘ
Nathu La Pass → nearbyPlace → Tsomgo Lake ⓘ
Tsomgo Lake → alsoKnownAs → Tsomgo Chho ⓘ
linked to: Tsomgo Lake