Gomukh
Sign in to saveGomukh, also known as "Gaumukh" or "Gomukhi" (Hindi: गौमुख or गौमुखी ; Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi River, one of the primary headstreams of the Ganga River. The word Gomukh/Gaumukh (go/gau=cow, mukh= mouth) literally means "Mouth of a Cow."
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- Glacier.name
- Gomukh
- Glacier.other_name
- Gaumukh or Gomukhi
- Glacier.image
- View of Gaumukh.jpg
- Glacier.caption
- Gomukh, "Face of a Cow", the pout of the glacier along the river
- Glacier.location
- Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India
- Glacier.map
- India Uttarakhand#India
- Glacier.map_caption
- Location in India
- Glacier.label_position
- right
- Glacier.status
- Retreating
- Glacier.mapframe
- yes
- Glacier.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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- Gaumukh.jpg
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- First Visit to Gomukh
- Geography
- Trek route
- References
Gomukh, also known as "Gaumukh" or "Gomukhi" (Hindi: गौमुख or गौमुखी ; Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi River, one of the primary headstreams of the Ganga River. The word Gomukh/Gaumukh (go/gau=cow, mukh= mouth) literally means "Mouth of a Cow."
The place is situated at a height of 13,200 ft (4,023 m) in the Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas with an estimated volume of over 27 cubic kilometers.