Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Northern Hokkaido

Junsainuma Pond

Toyotomi Town ・ ジュンサイ沼

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

Aerial photo of Junsainuma Pond (Toyotomi Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1977
Taken October 20, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Junsainuma Pond

A pond among the dunes west of the Sarobetsu Plain in Toyotomi Town. In the 1991 survey it ranked 9th in Japan among unmodified lakes with a shoreline of 5 km or more (7.0 km). True to its name, water shield (junsai) grows here; recorded fish are sticklebacks and gobies.

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
8 m
Origin
Other
Lake type
Dystrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park
Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
Lake number
0120number 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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