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Gozenzawa Glacier is located on the eastern side of Mount Ōyama in the
Tateyama Mountains.
Geography
It was the first recorded
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
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
The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively.
Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...
in Russia.
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.
See also
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List of glaciers in Japan
References
Glaciers of Japan
Landforms of Toyama Prefecture
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