Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Lakes and ponds of Hokkaido

Hokkaido
Lakes Catalog

A catalog of 127 lakes and ponds in Hokkaido, Japan, with a map and searchable list. Each lake has data on its origin, area, depth and transparency, a 1970s aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, and a 3D view of how it looks today.

Lakes
127
Lagoon-origin
60
Caldera lakes
7
  • Central Hokkaido
  • Southern Hokkaido
  • Northern Hokkaido
  • Okhotsk
  • Tokachi
  • Kushiro Nemuro

127 lakes

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About this catalog

This catalog covers the 127 Hokkaido lakes and ponds included in the 4th National Survey on the Natural Environment, a lake survey carried out by the Environment Agency of Japan (now the Ministry of the Environment) in 1991. Areas and depths have been updated with newer figures from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) where available.

The photo on each page is an aerial photo taken by GSI in the 1970s. Next to it is a 3D view of the lake today, built from GSI elevation data and recent aerial imagery, so you can compare how each lake has changed over about 50 years.

Hokkaido lakes in 1970s aerial photos　Glossary of lake terms　Data and photo sources