Gozenzawa Glacier
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Gozenzawa Glacier Location in Japan Gozenzawa Glacier Gozenzawa Glacier (Japan) | |
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| Location | Mount Ōyama Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°34′19″N 137°37′23″E / 36.572°N 137.623°E |
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
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
- ^ "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}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Japan discovers its first ever glacier - InsideJapan Tours". Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum Toyama Tourism Organization.
- ^ 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.