Pongon Lake

Historically, the lake is viewed as being made up five sublakes, which are connected through narrow water channels. The name Pangong Tso only applied to the westernmost lake that is mostly in Ladakh. The main lake on the Tibetan side is called Tso Nyak (the "middle lake"). It is followed by two small lakes called Rum Tso . The last lake near Rutog is called Nyak Tso again. [5] [6] The whole lake group was and is still often referred to as Tsomo Nganglha Ringpo ( Tibetan : མཚོ་མོ་ངང་ལྷ་རིང་པོ [3] ) in Tibetan. There are different interpretations on the meanings of both Pangong Tso and Tsomo Nganglha Ringpo . The Ladakh government website indicates "Pangong Tso" is Tibetan meaning "high grassland lake", [7] however travel books from decades back say Pangong means "hollow". [8] [9] Tsomo Nganglha Ringpo is Tibetan that is interpreted to mean various different...