1980 Volume 41 Issue Special Pages 62-66
The Glaciological Expedition of Nepal had two chartered flights in 1976 and nine flights in 1978 to almost all parts of the Nepal Himalayas, and more than 9, 000 photographs were taken in order to investigate the distribution and characteristics of glaciers in this region.
The glacier classification of Watanabe (1976) is confirmed that there are the Nepal type glaciers with lower termini and the Tibet type glaciers with higher termini. In case comparative studies on the glacier size, it is necessary to check the location of the contemporary termini, since the debris-covered glacier does not show the exact present terminus and the present active terminus is located in the middle part of the debris-covered ice, but the debris-free glacier exactly show the present terminus.
There is, in the Himlung Himal of the central Nepal, found the enormous glacial expansion stage of which is estimated to be the 16th century.
