Sarukotsunuma Pond
Sarufutsu Village ・ 猿骨沼
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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）。
1977Sarukotsunuma Pond in 1977Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Sarukotsunuma Pond
A brackish, lagoon-origin pond on the Sea of Okhotsk coast in Sarufutsu Village. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake, with Japanese corbicula clams, starry flounder and sticklebacks, and teal and tundra swans in winter.
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
- 0.22 km²#65 in Hokkaido
- Average depth
- 0.3 m
- Surface elevation
- 2 m
- Transparency
- 0.9 m#46 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
- Origin
- Lagoon-origin lake
- Lake type
- Dystrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Brackish
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Unmodified lake
- Yes (shore entirely natural)
- Natural park
- None
- Lake number
- 0040number 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 Sarukotsunuma Pond
Nearby lakes
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Sarufutsu ParkSarufutsu Town2.3 km
- Michi-no-Eki North Okhotsk HamatonbetsuHamatombetsu Town25 km
- Michi-no-Eki WakkanaiWakkanai City42 km
Straight-line distances.