OkhotskLagoon-origin lake

Nikurunuma Pond

Koshimizu Town ・ ニクル沼

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

Aerial photo of Nikurunuma Pond (Koshimizu 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 Nikurunuma Pond

A lagoon-origin pond on the coast of Koshimizu Town, recorded in the 1991 survey as acidotrophic (acidic water). The survey's data appendix records 0.03 km² as reclaimed. Recent aerial photos show fields and buildings around the site, with no clear open water.

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), 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
Acidotrophic
Lake number
0280number 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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