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THE existence of permafrost at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan (35° 21′ N, 138° 44′ E, 3,776.3 m above sea level), was suspected by some of the staff members of the Japan Meteorological Agency who work at the Fuji-san Weather Station located at the summit, and also by some of the workers who constructed the station building (personal communication from I. Fujimura). But no official report has previously been published because the observation of permafrost was made only within the small area where the building was constructed. Now, observations on the distribution of permafrost at the summit have been, made, during the period from July 31 to August 7, 1970, when the air temperature at the summit is near the maximum. We report here the first definite detection of permafrost in Japan.
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HIGUCHI, K., FUJII, Y. Permafrost at the Summit of Mount Fuji, Japan. Nature 230, 521 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230521a0
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