羊卓雍措距拉萨不到100公理，与纳木措、玛旁雍措并称西藏三大圣湖，是喜马拉雅山北麓最大的内陆湖泊，湖光山色之美，冠绝藏南。羊卓雍措藏语意为“碧玉湖”，位于西藏山南地区浪卡子县和贡嘎县之间，湖水面积638平方公里，海拔4441米，湖岸线长250公里。羊湖湖汊极多，形似珊瑚枝，湖水明蓝映天，景色丰富秀美，集雪山、冰川、岛屿、牧场、农庄和温泉等景色为一体。
羊湖湖滨是优良的牧场，多牧群及野生动植物，周围5000米海拔的山上有雪猪，草滩上偶尔会遇到野羊和狐狸。此外羊湖还有西藏最大的人工养殖渔场，以养殖高原裂腹鱼、高原裸鲤为主。湖中有大小岛屿21个，岛上生活着各种候鸟，使这里成为西藏最大的水鸟栖息地。湖西有宁金抗沙峰等三大雪峰。此峰高7206米，是后藏地区最重要的神山，也是西藏传统四大神山之一。另外，世界上海拔最高的抽水蓄能电站——羊湖电站即坐落于此。
另外，人们崇奉羊卓雍措更多的是将她奉为羊卓雍措达钦姆，即羊卓雍措大湖主多杰盖吉佐即金刚障碍之主，是藏区的女护法神。因此，羊卓雍措既是龙女的化身，又是女护法神的驻锡地，兼具多重功能和神力。
Yamdrok Lake is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 km long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. The lake does have an outlet stream at its far western end.
Around 90 km to the west of the lake lies the Tibetan town of Gyantse and Lhasa is a hundred km to the northeast. According to local mythology, Yamdok Yumtso lake is the transformation of a goddess.
Yamdrok Lake is one of four particularly holy lakes, thought to be divinatory; everyone from the Dalai Lama to local villagers makes pilgrimages there. The others such lakes are Lhamo La-tso, Namtso and Manasarovar. The lake is revered as a talisman and is said to be part of the life-spirit of the Tibetan nation. The largest lake in southern Tibet, it is said that if its waters dry, Tibet will no longer be habitable. The lake is home to the famous Samding Monastery which is on a peninsula jutting into the lake. This monastery is the only Tibetan monastery to be headed by a female re-incarnation. Since it is not a nunnery, its female abbot heads a community of about thirty monks and nuns. Samding Monastery is where Dorje Pakmo, the only female Lama in Tibet, stayed and presided, and stands to the south of Lake Yamdrok Yumtso.
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