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Mount Eniwa · 1,320 m · 5.3 km NW
Lake · Hokkaido

Lake Shikotsu

250 m820 ft
Area
78 km²
Tonight
10°CCloudy · Wind 15 km/h SW

Lake Shikotsu is a lake at 250 m above sea level in Hokkaido, Japan, 78 km² in area and 12.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
250 m
Length
12.9 km
Shoreline
41.2 km
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3D map

Lake Shikotsu 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.9 × 14.9 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Shikotsu topographic map

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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Shikotsu elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
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Lake

Lake Shikotsu in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

12.9 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
41.2 km
Weather

Lake Shikotsu weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 10 / 14°C (50 / 57°F) · Wind 15 km/h SW

Lake Shikotsu forecast for about 250 m.

  • Today10°14°–15 km/h SW
  • Sun5°15°0.1 mm19 km/h NW
  • Mon5°10°–17 km/h NW
  • Tue2°10°5.1 mm21 km/h W
  • Wed1°2°2.5 mm25 km/h W
  • Thu4°6°2.1 mm14 km/h S
  • Fri9°12°4.5 mm15 km/h S
  • Sat2°12°3.8 mm20 km/h W
  • Sun1°3°3.3 mm29 km/h W
  • Mon0°3°0.2 mm20 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Shikotsu

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Shikotsu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    ポロピナイキャンプ場

    3.8 km NNW · +2 more within 6.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    3.9 km NNW

    +2 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    樽前山七合目ヒュッテ

    7.3 km SE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    樽前山七合目登山口

    7.4 km SE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
ポロピナイキャンプ場Campsite3.8 km NNW
Parking3.9 km NNW
Parking4.3 km SSW
Parking5.7 km NNW
美笛キャンプ場Campsite6.0 km WSW
モラップキャンプ場Campsite6.2 km E
樽前山七合目ヒュッテHut7.3 km SE
樽前山七合目登山口Trailhead7.4 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 14.9 × 14.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
64.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.2%
Steep, 30–45°
11.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.4%
Steeper than 30°
11.9% of the 222 km² view
Relief in view
1,071 m low point 223 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.9%Water 35.8%Grassland 2.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.4 km of Lake Shikotsu.

NESW5 km10 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Mount Fuppushi1,102 m 5.0 km SSE
  2. 2Mount Eniwa1,320 m 5.5 km NW
  3. 3Mount Monbetsu866 m 7.0 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.4 km; 217 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sika Deer16
  • Miyama Stag Beetle12
  • Turkey-tail11
  • Eurasian Nuthatch7
  • Japanese Grass Lizard6
  • Giant Butterbur5
Where it sits

Where Lake Shikotsu sits

Region
Hokkaido26Japan153Asia964
Protected area
Shikotsu-Tōya National Park7
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Sources

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 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia