Gozenzawa Glacier
Gozenzawa Glacier is located in Tateyama Mountains of Japan.[1][2] It was the first recorded glacier in Japan. Before its identification as a glacier, it was believed that the world's most easterly glacier was on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. [3]
Exploration[]
The exploration of the glacier was started in 2009 by drilling a 20 m hole in Tateyama Caldera. By 2011, GPS readings showed that the glacier had moved by about 7 to 32 centimeters.[3][4]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in Japan
References[]
- ^ "Snow Patch in Central Japan Mountain Confirmed as Glacier". nippon.com. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Kotaro, Fukui; Hajime, Iida (2011-11-15). "Quest of the first Japanese glacier in the northern part of the northern Japanese Alps". Retrieved 2021-04-27. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Japan discovers its first ever glacier - InsideJapan Tours". Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ FUKUI, Kotaro; IIDA, Hajime (2012). "Finding of the first Japanese glacier in Mts. Tateyama and Mt. Tsurugi, the northern Japanese Alps". Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers. 2012s: 100017. doi:10.14866/ajg.2012s.0_100017. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
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