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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).
Ikeda Caldera (池田カルデラ, Ikeda karudera), is a volcanic caldera filled now with Lake Ikeda and associated with the older Ata Caldera on the Satsuma Peninsula. Geology [ edit ]
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.
Lake Unagi is within the larger and older Ata Caldera and technically its water fills in Unagi maar.Shortly after the Ikeda Caldera forming eruption of 4800 years ago [4] a fissure vent line southeast of the caldera evolved that produced the maar eruption that formed Lake Unagi and then the pumiceous Yamagawa base surge. [5]
Lake Ikeda is located in the center of the city, and Unagi Pond is to the east of that. Mount Kaimon is located along the East China Sea in the southwestern part of the city. The urban center is mainly formed along the coast, but in the area around Mount Kaimon, the urban area is located inland from Mount Kaimon.
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.
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
Lake Ikeda (centre left) and Mount Kaimon (right) An aerial photograph of Kaimondake. There is a sea scarp which is 7.8 km wide and 9.3 km long, the shape is similar to a horseshoe in the seabed at the southern foot of the mountain. There is a lot of sediment at the foot of the mountain due to submarine landslides.