Ponto Pond
Mombetsu City ・ ポン沼
NowPonto Pond 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）。
1978Ponto Pond in 1978Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Ponto Pond
A lagoon-origin pond on the coast of Mombetsu City. The survey's data appendix records 0.20 km² as reclaimed. The 1978 aerial photo shows a large expanse of water; recent photos show grassland there, with an airport runway nearby.
Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993), This site: comparison of 1970s GSI aerial photos with recent GSI imagery (sources in Japanese)
Lake data
- Surface elevation
- 0 m
- Origin
- Lagoon-origin lake
- Lake type
- Dystrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Natural park
- None
- Lake number
- 0190number 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 Ponto Pond
Nearby lakes
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Kamiyubetsu Onsen Tulip no YuYubetsu Town10 km
- Michi-no-Eki Okhotsk MombetsuMombetsu City14 km
- Michi-no-Eki Ai Land YubetsuYubetsu Town21 km
Straight-line distances.