Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Bankeinuma Pond

Minami Ward, Sapporo ・ 万計沼

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

Aerial photo of Bankeinuma Pond (Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido) taken in 1977
Taken July 24, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Bankeinuma Pond

A small pond in the mountains of Minami Ward, Sapporo, at 910 m above sea level. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified, oligotrophic (nutrient-poor) lake. Reeds grow on the shore, and tufted ducks, mallards and pochards were recorded stopping over in spring and 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

Surface elevation
910 m
Origin
Unknown
Lake type
Oligotrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park
Shikotsu-Toya National Park
Lake number
0960number 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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