Central HokkaidoVolcanic lake

Onuma Pond

Kyowa Town ・ 大沼

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1976Onuma Pond in 1976Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

Aerial photo of Onuma Pond (Kyowa Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1976
Taken October 17, 1976. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1976), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Onuma Pond

A volcanic lake at 842 m in the Niseko mountains of Kyowa Town, listed in the survey's data appendix as Iwaonupuri Onuma. It is 0.08 km² in area and 15 m deep. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake, with crayfish and loach 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

Surface elevation
842 m
Origin
Volcanic lake
Lake type
Oligotrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park
Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park
Lake number
1180number 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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