Gozenzawa Glacier

Gozenzawa Glacier is located on the eastern side of Mount Ōyama[1] in the Tateyama Mountains.[2][3]

Gozenzawa Glacier
Gozenzawa Glacier
Location in Japan
Gozenzawa Glacier
Gozenzawa Glacier (Japan)
LocationMount Ōyama Japan
Coordinates36.572°N 137.623°E / 36.572; 137.623

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
  1. 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
  2. "Snow Patch in Central Japan Mountain Confirmed as Glacier". nippon.com. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. 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)
  4. "Japan discovers its first ever glacier - InsideJapan Tours". Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  5. Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum Toyama Tourism Organization.
  6. 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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