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With its crystal clear calm water which keeps changing colours in seven distinct shades of blue,green,purple,turqoise and violet depending on the angle you look at it,the shores of the lake white with the salt deposited by the lake's brackish water ,the reflection of the surrounding golden coloured chiseled peaks spreading before us in the lake,its beauty is totally mesmerizing. | With its crystal clear calm water which keeps changing colours in seven distinct shades of blue,green,purple,turqoise and violet depending on the angle you look at it,the shores of the lake white with the salt deposited by the lake's brackish water ,the reflection of the surrounding golden coloured chiseled peaks spreading before us in the lake,its beauty is totally mesmerizing. | ||
Pangong is a saltwater lake and a remnant from the ice age,probably formed by the dead ice masses left behind.It is the largest brackish water Lake in Asia. | Pangong is a saltwater lake and a remnant from the ice age,probably formed by the dead ice masses left behind.It is the largest brackish water Lake in Asia. | ||
This Lake is bisected by the International border between Indiaa and [[Tibet]] (China).The Lake was once divided between[[Ladakh]] and [[Tibet]] as early as 1684 under the Treaty of Tingmosgang signed between the king of Ladakh, Deldan Namgyal and the Reagent of Tibet. | |||
Revision as of 08:57, 3 November 2007
Pangong Lake is situated at an altitude of 4350mts above sea level in the northeast of Leh,some 140 km from Leh city. This is one of the most spactacular lakes in Ladakh.Its 40% area is in India and the rest is in China. This famous blue blackish lake of Pangong is 5-6 Km wide and over 144 long with half of it running to the other side of the Indo China border. While travelling from China to Ladakh this route was used by Guru Nanak. The long and narrow lake lies in the neighborhood of the famous Chushul Mountains on Indo China border. The size of the lake is best inferred from the etymology of its name Pangong which means 'extensive concavity' . Tso in Ladakhi means Lake.
With its crystal clear calm water which keeps changing colours in seven distinct shades of blue,green,purple,turqoise and violet depending on the angle you look at it,the shores of the lake white with the salt deposited by the lake's brackish water ,the reflection of the surrounding golden coloured chiseled peaks spreading before us in the lake,its beauty is totally mesmerizing. Pangong is a saltwater lake and a remnant from the ice age,probably formed by the dead ice masses left behind.It is the largest brackish water Lake in Asia. This Lake is bisected by the International border between Indiaa and Tibet (China).The Lake was once divided betweenLadakh and Tibet as early as 1684 under the Treaty of Tingmosgang signed between the king of Ladakh, Deldan Namgyal and the Reagent of Tibet.
