Geographica

Roopkund  (locally known as  Mystery Lake  or  Skeletons Lake ) . It  is a high altitude glacial lake in the Uttarakhand state of India. It lies in the lap of Trishul massif. Located in the Himalayas the area around the lake is uninhabited and is roughly at an altitude of 5,020 metres (16,470 ft),surrounded by rock-strewn glaciers and snow-clad mountains. Roopkund is a popular trekking destination.The size of the lake varies substantially, but it is seldom more than 40 metres in diameter (1000 to 1500 square metres in area), and is frozen in the winter. Roopkund Lake, locally known as “Mystery Lake”. More recently, the Himalayan lake has also been called “Skeleton Lake”. This name is not without reason: the edges of the lake are literally littered with hundreds of human skeletons. Since my school days I had a interested in knowing the truth behind this lake,I Google from many sources and collected  a few details of the same which I am presenting before you all. So let's