Lake Okotanpe
Chitose City ・ オコタンペ湖
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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）。
1976Lake Okotanpe in 1976Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.
About Lake Okotanpe
A lake northwest of Lake Shikotsu in Chitose City, classified as a dammed lake. Its shore is untouched, and the 1991 survey listed it as an unmodified lake. Reeds and Asian skunk cabbage grow on the shore; kokanee, mallards, teal and red-necked grebes were 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
- 0.4 km²#47 in Hokkaido
- Average depth
- 4.4 m
- Surface elevation
- 599 m
- Origin
- Dammed lake
- Lake type
- Oligotrophic
- Fresh or brackish
- Freshwater
- Freezing
- Freezes in winter
- Unmodified lake
- Yes (shore entirely natural)
- Natural park
- Shikotsu-Toya National Park
- Lake number
- 0990number 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 Okotanpe
Nearby lakes
Nearby mountains
Nearby mountain passes
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Boyo NakayamaKimobetsu Town14 km
- Michi-no-Eki Hana Road EniwaEniwa City29 km
- Michi-no-Eki 230 RusutsuRusutsu Town31 km
Straight-line distances.