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Lake Motosu
- Area
- 4.68 km²
- Max depth
- 138 m
- Tonight
- 14°CCloudy · Wind 14 km/h S
Lake Motosu is a lake at 899 m above sea level in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, 4.68 km² in area and 3.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 899 m
- Length
- 3.3 km
- Shoreline
- 12.0 km
Lake Motosu in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 12.0 km≈3 h to walk around
Lake Motosu 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.3 × 5.3 km
Lake Motosu terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Lake Motosu elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Motosu weather
Today · Heavy rain · 14 / 15°C (57 / 59°F) · 14.7 mm · Wind 14 km/h S
Lake Motosu forecast for about 899 m.
- Today14°15°14.7 mm14 km/h S
- Sun15°20°18.5 mm14 km/h S
- Mon14°15°34.9 mm8 km/h NE
- Tue12°21°0.3 mm7 km/h N
- Wed9°14°5.8 mm7 km/h SW
- Thu10°15°0.3 mm12 km/h S
- Fri11°18°–6 km/h SW
- Sat10°19°–6 km/h W
- Sun10°15°–8 km/h S
- Mon10°15°–5 km/h E
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Motosu
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Motosu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
浩庵キャンプ場
Nearest trailhead
1.4 km SE
Nearest parking
1.4 km W
Slope
Share of the 5.3 × 5.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 41.3% of the 28 km² view
- Relief in view
- 869 m low point 616 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2.6 km of Lake Motosu.
Summit list 3
- 1Mt. Ryugatake1,485 m 1.9 km S
- 2Mt. Eboshi1,257 m 2.1 km NE
- 3Mt. Shiro1,056 m 2.4 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.6 km; 94 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Coot4
- Black Kite4
- Oriental Turtle-Dove3
- Common Pochard3
- Eared Grebe2
- Japanese Grosbeak2
Where Lake Motosu sits
- Region
- Yamanashi Prefecture7Japan153Asia964
- Protected area
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park5
Nearby places
Lake Motosu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-11-07)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia