Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Northern HokkaidoLagoon-origin lake

Kamuitonuma Pond

Sarufutsu Village ・ カムイト沼

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1977Kamuitonuma Pond in 1977Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

Aerial photo of Kamuitonuma Pond (Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido) taken in 1977
Taken November 7, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Kamuitonuma Pond

A forest-ringed, lagoon-origin pond in Sarufutsu Village, inside Kita Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake with water chestnut and water lilies, and white-spotted char, Japanese dace and crucian carp.

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)

Lake data

Surface elevation
5 m
Transparency
2.5 m#16 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin
Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type
Dystrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park
Kita Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park
Lake number
0070number 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.

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