__NOTOC__ Gozenzawa Glacier is located on the eastern side of Mount ŌyamaKenshiro 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 in the Tateyama Mountains.

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.

Exploration The exploration of the glacier was started in 2009 by drilling a 20 m hole in Tateyama Caldera.Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum Toyama Tourism Organization. By 2011, GPS readings showed that the glacier had moved by about 7 to 32 centimeters.

See also List of glaciers in Japan

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