Fossa Magna

The blue line represents the fault, with the Fossa Magna shaded in orange. The red line indicates Median Tectonic Line.

Fossa Magna is a great rift lowland in Japan.[1][2] It is often confused with the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line. However, Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line is a line; Fossa Magna is an area. Fossa Magna is Latin for "great crevasse".[3] This name was given by Heinrich Edmund Naumann.[4]

Fossa Magna Museum

Fossa Magna Museum is a museum that is located in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture. It opened on April 25, 1994. It is part of Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark.[5] Itoigawa is located directly above Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line and is a place where you can observe a wide variety of rocks, minerals, geological structures and so on. The Fossa Magna Park, a geopark, is also located in Itoigawa.[6]

References

1. 第２版,世界大百科事典内言及, 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),精選版 日本国語大辞典,百科事典マイペディア,デジタル大辞泉,世界大百科事典. "フォッサマグナとは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
2. "フォッサマグナと日本列島 | フォッサマグナミュージアム Fossa Magna Museum - 新潟県糸魚川市のヒスイとフォッサマグナのことが楽しく学べる博物館" (in Japanese). 21 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
3. "フォッサマグナとは/糸魚川市". www.city.itoigawa.lg.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
4. 小項目事典,知恵蔵, ブリタニカ国際大百科事典. "フォッサ・マグナとは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
5. "Itoigawa Global Geopark". Itoigawa Global Geopark. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
6. "Fossa Magna Park". Guidoor. Retrieved 2021-07-05.