Gozenzawa Glacier Explained
| Gozenzawa Glacier |
| Location: | Mount Ōyama Japan |
| Map: | Japan Toyama Prefecture#Japan |
| Label Position: | right |
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Gozenzawa Glacier is located on the eastern side of Mount Ōyama[1] in the Tateyama Mountains.[2] [3]
Geography
It was the first recorded glacier in Japan. Before its identification as a glacier, it was believed that the world's most easterly glacier outside Antarctica was on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.[4]
Exploration
The exploration of the glacier was started in 2009 by drilling a 20 m hole in Tateyama Caldera.[5] By 2011, GPS readings showed that the glacier had moved by about 7 to 32 centimeters.[4] [6]
See also
- List of glaciers in Japan
Notes and References
- Kenshiro Arie，Chiyuki Narama，Ryohei Yamamoto，Kotaro Fukui，Hajime Iida Characteristics of mountain glaciers in the northern Japanese Alps https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-182
- Web site: Snow Patch in Central Japan Mountain Confirmed as Glacier. nippon.com. 2021-04-27. 2019-10-03.
- Kotaro. Fukui. Hajime. Iida. Quest of the first Japanese glacier in the northern part of the northern Japanese Alps. 2021-04-27. 2011-11-15.
- Web site: Japan discovers its first ever glacier - InsideJapan Tours. 2021-04-27.
- https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=124&ret_list_p=11 Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum
- 10.14866/ajg.2012s.0_100017. 2012s. 100017. FUKUI. Kotaro. IIDA. Hajime. 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. 2021-04-27. 2012.
