Lake Chinishibetsu
Rausu Town ・ 知西別湖
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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 Chinishibetsu in 1978Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

About Lake Chinishibetsu
A small lake at 230 m in the Chinishibetsu River basin, Rausu Town. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake, with rainbow trout recorded.
Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)
Lake data
- Area
- 0.05 km²#101 in Hokkaido
- Surface elevation
- 230 m
- Origin
- Unknown
- Lake type
- Oligotrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Unmodified lake
- Yes (shore entirely natural)
- Natural park
- None
- Lake number
- 0320number 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 Chinishibetsu
Nearby lakes
Nearby mountains
Nearby mountain passes
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Shiretoko RausuRausu Town6.3 km
- Michi-no-Eki Utoro ShirietokuShari Town13 km
- Michi-no-Eki ShariShari Town38 km
Straight-line distances.