Hamana lake
| Hamana lake | ||
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| Landsat image of Lake Hamana | ||
| Geographical location | Shizuoka Prefecture , Chūbu , Japan | |
| Drain | to the Pacific ( Philippine Sea ) | |
| Location close to the shore | Hamamatsu | |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 44 ′ N , 137 ° 34 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 0 m TP | |
| surface | 64.91 km² | |
| scope | 114 km | |
| Maximum depth | 13.1 m | |
The Lake Hamana ( Jap. 浜名湖 , Hamana-ko ) is a brackish lake near Hamamatsu in western Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka .
In ancient times , Lake Hamana was referred to as a "distant freshwater lake" ( 遠 淡 海 , Toho tsu Afumi ), and gave the province of Tōtōmi its name, in contrast to the "nearby freshwater lake", Lake Biwa . An earthquake in 1498 broke through the sandbar between the lake and the Pacific , causing salt water to enter. Today it is famous for eels , as well as Chinese softshell turtles , oysters , nori and shrimp .
The island of Benten-jima and the health resort of Kanzanji Onsen are open to tourists .
The lake has a surface of 65 km² with a maximum water depth of 13.1 m.
Today the Hamana Bypass of the four-lane National Road 1 runs on the sandbank between the lake and the Pacific . The gap in the sandbar is crossed by the Hamana Bridge .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 湖沼 面積 . (PDF; 114 kB) (No longer available online.) Kokudo Chiriin , October 1, 2015, archived from the original on August 5, 2016 ; Retrieved August 5, 2016 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b 日本 の 主 な 湖沼 . (No longer available online.) MLIT , 2002, archived from the original on September 12, 2013 ; Retrieved September 15, 2013 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
