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Lake Ikeda (池田湖湖, Ikeda-ko) is a caldera lake located 40 km (25 mi) south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan.It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island [1] with a surface area of 11 km 2 (4.2 sq mi) and a shoreline length of 15 km (9.3 mi).
List of islands of Japan by area. ... This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging to, ... Kyushu: 36,782: 1,791: 12,970,479:
Rank Name Region Prefecture¹ Municipalities Water Area (km 2) Max Depth (m) Altitude (m) Volume (km 3) ; 1: Biwa: Kansai: Shiga: Ōtsu, Kusatsu, Higashi-Ōmi, Hikone Nagahama, Moriyama, Ōmi-Hachiman
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
List of lakes of the United States by area; List of lakes of the St. Johns River; List of lakes of Alabama; List of lakes of Alaska; List of lakes of Arizona; List of lakes of Arkansas; List of lakes of California. List of lakes of the San Francisco Bay Area; List of lakes of Lake County, California; List of lakes of Colorado; List of lakes of ...
The historical regional name Saikaidō (西海道, lit. West Sea Circuit) referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands. Kyushu has a land area of 36,782 square kilometres (14,202 sq mi) and a population of 14,311,224 in 2018. [5] In the 8th-century Taihō Code reforms, Dazaifu was established as a special administrative term for the region. [6]
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3]
Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park (霧島錦江湾国立公園, Kirishima-Kinkōwan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kyūshū, Japan.It is composed of Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture known for its active volcanoes, volcanic lakes, and onsen.