Lake Kushu
Rebun Town ・ 久種湖
NowLake Kushu today3D view built from GSI elevation data and recent aerial imagery. Use the buttons at top left to view from the north, east, south or west, or drag to rotate. On phones, move two fingers up or down to tilt, and pinch to zoom.
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GSI Tiles (elevation tiles, seamless aerial photos), processed by this site.Data sources: Landsat8画像（GSI,TSIC,GEO Grid/AIST）, Landsat8画像（courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey）, 海底地形（GEBCO）。
1977Lake Kushu in 1977Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Lake Kushu
A lagoon-origin lake in the north of Rebun Island. The 1991 survey recorded carp, crucian carp, Japanese smelt, Japanese dace and white-spotted char, and mallards, tufted ducks and whooper swans in winter. The survey form also notes that grazing cattle were entering the shore.
Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)
Lake data
- Area
- 0.49 km²#40 in Hokkaido
- Average depth
- 3.5 m
- Surface elevation
- 5 m
- Transparency
- 1.1 m#40 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
- Origin
- Lagoon-origin lake
- Lake type
- Eutrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Natural park
- Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
- Lake number
- 0010number in the national lake survey
Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, 4th National Survey on the Natural Environment: Lake Survey Report (1993). Area and depth use newer figures from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan where available. Origin, lake type, transparency, freezing and unmodified status are as of the 1991 survey.
Themes that include Lake Kushu
Nearby lakes
Nearby mountains
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki WakkanaiWakkanai City50 km
- Michi-no-Eki TeshioTeshio Town83 km
- Michi-no-Eki Sarufutsu ParkSarufutsu Town90 km
Straight-line distances.