Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

OkhotskLagoon-origin lake

Totsuruto Pond

Shari Town ・ 涛釣沼

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

Aerial photo of Totsuruto Pond (Shari Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1977
Taken September 28, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Totsuruto Pond

A lagoon-origin pond in Shari Town, one of the seven lagoon lakes of Abashiri Quasi-National Park. The 1991 survey recorded reeds and cattails, and carp and crucian carp. Both the 1977 aerial photo and recent photos show it between the coastal dunes and farmland.

Sources: Ministry of the Environment, Overview of Quasi-National Parks, 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
5 m
Transparency
0.3 m#62 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin
Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type
Eutrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Natural park
Abashiri Quasi-National Park
Lake number
0270number 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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