Kumagaike Pond
Higashikawa Town ・ 熊ヶ池
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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）。
1977Kumagaike Pond in 1977Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Kumagaike Pond
A pond at 2,108 m in the Daisetsuzan mountains, the only lake in Hokkaido classified as a tectonic (fault) lake. The 1991 survey form notes that it is fed mainly by snowmelt and is usually dry from summer to autumn.
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
- 0.01 km²#124 in Hokkaido
- Surface elevation
- 2,108 m
- Origin
- Tectonic lake
- Lake type
- Unknown
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Unmodified lake
- Yes (shore entirely natural)
- Natural park
- Daisetsuzan National Park
- Lake number
- 0680number 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 Kumagaike Pond
Nearby lakes
Nearby mountains
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki ShiratakiEngaru Town28 km
- Michi-no-Eki Biei Shirogane BirukeBiei Town29 km
- Michi-no-Eki Higashikawa MichikusakanHigashikawa Town29 km
Straight-line distances.