Which of the following is the longest glacier outside the polar region?
Answer: Fedchenko Glacier
Notes:
The Fedchenko Glacier in Tajikistan is the long and narrow glacier, currently extending for 77 kilometres (48 mi) and covering over 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi). It is the longest glacier in the world outside of the Polar Regions. Hence, option (d) is correct.
Context: Siachen Glacier is the Second-Longest glacier in the World's Non-Polar areas. Recently mountaineer Colonel Narendra 'Bull' Kumar, who helped India secure the Siachen Glacier, Col Kumar, who was awarded the Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri, Arjun award and the McGregor medal, carried out multiple expeditions in the Siachen glacier area in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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