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Liu, ,**-: Present and last-glacial equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs) in the Japanese high mountains. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Neue Folge Supplement, +-*, ,+1ῌ,-0. ) +3-+: *+,-./012-3 4$ 5( 1 1-.ῌ1.1. ?@A ,**/: BCDῌῌῌ$ E RS TUVW "X ,11ῌ,21. ?@AῌZ [ ,**,: \]^_`\#$a Bk'lmEno(p$ 5(qr +++ .10ῌ.2/. Strelin, J. and R. Iturraspe, ,**1: Recent evolution and mass balance of Cordon Martial glaciers, Cordillera Fueguina Oriental. Global and Planetary Change, /0, +1ῌ,0. ῌ ῌ ῌ ,*+*: ,**3 HLIῌB-st1 "sN. C$ *¡/ ,3 ./ῌ.2. ¢£ ¤ +312: ¥¡¦e§Bno(y , ¨e© 'E.ª $ .* +ῌ3. ¢£ ¤ +333: &)¨«ῌ¥¡¬ ´ +31+ῌ+332 -µ2¶4¨$ V "X ,20pp. 1. - ,*+, ῌ ῌ ῌ ῌ +302: !" - #$ %&'( ,0 ,+/ῌ,,3. Yamamoto, K. and M. Yoshida, +321: Impulse radar sounding of fossil ice within the Kuranosuke perennial snow patch, central Japan. Ann. Glaciol., 3, ,+2ῌ,,*. 67ῌ ῌ89:;ῌ< ῌ=,>: +320: FGHIJKLML-N1 OP !Q Y!"$ .2 +ῌ3. %b c +321: BῌdB5efghij!&st1uvwno$ ,/ ,3/ῌ-*-. <x +30.: )(y!"$ *zI {J|} +((~!" V "X -/ῌ/.. < ῌ,ῌ ῌj-ῌ89:;ῌ OP !A +32-: *zI{J 1Ee$ ./ ,/ῌ-,. Yoshida, M., K. Yamamoto, K. Higuchi, H. Iida, T. Ohata and T. Nakamura, +33*: First discovery of fossil ice of +***ῌ+1** year B. P. in Japan. J. Glaciol., -0, ,/2ῌ,/3. <>ῌ® ¯ῌ¦°±-ῌ0²ῌ³Z 1 +31-: ¯3&5e$ "X(·4 "X .+/pp. Identifying active glaciers in Mt. Tateyama and Mt. Tsurugi in the northern Japanese Alps, central Japan Kotaro FUKUI+* and Hajime IIDA+ + Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum 02 Ashikuraji-bunazaka, Tateyama-machi, Toyama 3-*ῌ+.*/ * Corresponding author Abstract: Japanese glaciologists and geographers believed that there are no active glaciers in Japan. We studied the surface flow velocity and ice thickness of the Gozenzawa perennial snow patch in Mt. Tateyama (-*+/ m asl), and the Sannomado and the Komado perennial snow patches in Mt. Tsurugi (,333 m asl) in the northern Japanese Alps, central Japan, since ,**3. The Sannomado and the Komado perennial snow patches have large ice masses (¸-* m in thickness). We measured the surface flow velocity and found that both the ice masses had flowed over -* cm month+ in the autumn of ,*++. Hence, we regard both the snow patches as active glaciers. The Gozenzawa perennial snow patch too has a large ice mass (,1 m in thickness). We measured the surface flow velocity and found that the ice mass had flowed slightly (¹+* cm month+) in the autumns of ,*+* and ,*++. Hence, we regard this snow patch also as an active glacier. ,*+, + « ,, &º5 ,*+, - « +, &»¼º5 ,*+, - « -+ &uv»¼º5 ,*+, . « + &º 6w½ ,*+, ++ « +/ &