Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Shinsennuma Pond

Kyowa Town ・ 神仙沼

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

Aerial photo of Shinsennuma 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 Shinsennuma Pond

A small pond at 765 m in the Niseko mountains of Kyowa Town, inside Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified, oligotrophic lake with bogbean and pond lilies, and spot-billed ducks and mallards from spring 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

Surface elevation
765 m
Origin
Unknown
Lake type
Oligotrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park
Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park
Lake number
1212number 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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