Lake Rausu
Rausu Town ・ 羅臼湖
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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）。
1978Lake Rausu in 1978Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Lake Rausu
The largest lake on the Shiretoko Peninsula. The Lake Rausu trail passes four smaller ponds on the way to the lake, and the Ministry of the Environment advises mountain-hiking gear. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake, with marsh cinquefoil, bogbean and bur-reed recorded.
Sources: Ministry of the Environment, Shiretoko National Park: Highlights, Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)
Lake data
- Area
- 0.43 km²#44 in Hokkaido
- Surface elevation
- 740 m
- Origin
- Dammed lake
- Lake type
- Oligotrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Unmodified lake
- Yes (shore entirely natural)
- Natural park
- Shiretoko National Park
- Lake number
- 0310number 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 Lake Rausu
Nearby lakes
Nearby mountains
Nearby mountain passes
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Utoro ShirietokuShari Town8.4 km
- Michi-no-Eki Shiretoko RausuRausu Town9.0 km
- Michi-no-Eki ShariShari Town36 km
Straight-line distances.