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What is the significance of Dakshin Gangotri ?
1) It is a research station near South Gangotri glacier over Himalayas
2) It is a research station south of river Ganga near Rishikesh
3) It is a scientific base station in Antarctica
4) It is a scientific base station at South pole
The correct answer is It is a scientific base station in Antarctica .
An automatic weather recording station, powered by solar energy was set up at the Dakshin Gangotri. Apart from this, the station was used to conduct tests on radio waves in Antarctica.
Other functions of the Dakshin Gangotri included observations of physical oceanography, the chemistry of the freshwater lakes around, biological traits of the land, biological traits of the water, geology, glaciology and geomagnetism of the area.