Lake Hamana

Lake Hamana
A view from Hamanako Service Area
Lake Hamana
Landsat image
Location	Shizuoka Prefecture
Coordinates	34°44′28″N 137°34′11″E
Type	Brackish lagoon
Primary outflows	Pacific Ocean
Basin countries	Japan
Surface area	65.0 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Average depth	4.8 m (16 ft)
Max. depth	16.6 m (54 ft)
Water volume	0.35 km3 (280,000 acre⋅ft)
Shore length1	114 km (71 mi)
Surface elevation	0 m (0 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Hamana (浜名湖, Hamana-ko) is a brackish lagoon in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Formerly a true lake, it is now connected to the Pacific Ocean by a channel. As an internal body of water, it is considered Japan's tenth-largest lake (by area). It spans the boundaries of the cities of Hamamatsu and Kosai.

Data

The lake has an area of 65.0 km² and holds 0.35 km³ of water. Its circumference is 114 km. At its deepest point, the water is 16.6 m deep. The surface is at sea level.

History

In ancient times, Lake Hamana was a freshwater lake. However, the 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake altered the topography of the area and connected the lake to the ocean. As a result, the water in the lake is now brackish.

At the end of World War II two experimental Type 4 Chi-To tanks were dumped into the lake to avoid capture by Occupation forces. One was recovered by the US Army, but the other was left in the lake. In 2013, unsuccessful efforts were made to locate the remaining tank.

Gallery

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  Ukiyo-e by Hiroshige
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  Torii on the lake
• View of the lake

Sources

This article incorporates material from the article 浜名湖 (Hamanako) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on December 11, 2007.

External links

• Media related to Lake Hamana at Wikimedia Commons
• 浜名湖 (PDF) (in Japanese). (260 KiB) (Hamanako), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan)
• 浜名湖サイクリングロード (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-11. (719 KiB) (Hamanako Cycling Road), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan)