{"id":12726,"date":"2026-02-28T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12726"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:18:23","slug":"pangong-tso-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pangong-tso-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangong Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pangong Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladakh has created history by successfully conducting its maiden 21-km trail running event in sub-zero temperature at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso, which was registered in Guinness world record as the world&#8217;s highest frozen lake half marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pangong Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pangong Lake, also known as <\/span><b>Pangong Tso<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is an <\/span><b>endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lake in the <\/span><b>Himalayas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in <\/span><b>eastern Ladakh, extending into the China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tibet region).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It derives its name from the Tibetan word, \u201cPangong Tso\u201d, which means \u201chigh grassland lake\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>world\u2019s highest brackish water lakes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is 134 km long and almost 5 km wide at its broadest point, with <\/span><b>one-third of it lying in India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the other <\/span><b>two-thirds in China.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>famed for its colour changing water,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from blue to red and green.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>During winter,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the lake<\/span><b> freezes completely, despite being saline water.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is also a <\/span><b>breeding ground <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for different types of <\/span><b>birds during the summer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bar-headed geese, Brahminy ducks, black-necked cranes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>seagulls <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are commonly spotted here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>not part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indus-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indus River<\/a> basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> area and is <\/span><b>geographically a separate landlocked river basin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>in disputed territory. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Line of Actual Control <\/span><b>(LAC) passes through the lake.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/athletics\/ladakh-sets-guinness-world-record-for-high-altitude-frozen-lake-half-marathon-11138339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pangong Lake is an endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). 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