Lake Horokayanto

Taiki Town ・ホロカヤントウ

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Aerial photo of Lake Horokayanto (Taiki Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1977 — Taken September 22, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Lake Horokayanto

A brackish, lagoon-origin lake on the Pacific coast of Taiki Town. In the 1991 survey it ranked 14th in Japan among unmodified lakes with a shoreline of 5 km or more (5.7 km). Recorded species include Japanese smelt, Japanese dace, Sakhalin taimen and white-spotted char, and mandarin ducks and goosanders in winter.

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: 0.39 km²#49 in Hokkaido
Maximum depth: 4.7 m#44 in Hokkaido
Average depth: 2 m
Surface elevation: 1 m
Transparency: 0.9 m#48 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin: Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type: Dystrophic
Fresh or brackish: Brackish
Freezing: Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake: Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park: None
Lake number: 0810number 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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