Q. Sona Pani Glacier is situated in which of the following districts of Uttarakhand?
(a) Pithoragarh
(b) Chamoli
(c) Uttarkashi
(d) Bageshwar
Answer: a
The word “Sonapani” is Hindi word that literally means “golden water”. It is most possibly that the glacier has attained its name from the golden sheen of weathered oxidized quartz mica schist’s debris/boulders present along the route to the glaciers snout.
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Sonapani glacier is located in the Lahul Spiti region.
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