Lake Unagi
| Lake Unagi | |
|---|---|
 The large lake in the foreground is Lake Ikeda but beyond it to the east (left of picture) is Lake Unagi with Cape Sata in the far distance over the waters at the head of Kagoshima Bay. The volcanic cone to the right of the picture is Mount Kaimon. | |
  Lake Unagi | |
| Location | Kyūshū island |
| Coordinates | 31°49′00″N 130°28′00″E / 31.816667°N 130.466667°E |
| Type | maar lake |
| Basin countries | Japan |
| Surface area | 120 ha (300 acres)[1] |
| Average depth | 56.5 m (185 ft)[2][1] |
| Shore length1 | 4.2 km (2.6 mi)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 120 m (390 ft)[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Unagi (鰻湖, Unagi mizuumi) (translated as eel lake) is a Japanese maar lake associated with an eruptive vent line extending towards the sea from the parent volcano Ikeda Caldera which contains Lake Ikeda (池田湖, Ikeda-ko).
Geography[edit]
It is located within the city limits of Ibusuki, Kagoshima on Kyūshū island, Japan, and there are associated hot springs.[3]
Geology[edit]
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] Ikezoko maar is more proximal in the vent line from the Ikeda Caldera to the north. Narikawa maar is to the south, between Unagi maar and the Yamagawa maar which is partially backfilled by the sea.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "鰻湖". Japanese wikipedia. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ "Lake Unagi". www.inspirock.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ "Lake Unagi Area". Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ Okuno, Mitsuru (2019-04-15). "Chronological study on widespread tephra and volcanic stratigraphy of the past 100,000 years". The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 125 (1): 41–53. doi:10.5575/geosoc.2018.0069. ISSN 1349-9963.
- ^ a b Inakura, Hirohito; Naruo, Hideto; Okuno, Mitsuru; Kobayashi, Tetsuo (2014). "Eruptive History of Ikeda Volcano, Ibusuki Area, Southern Kyushu, Japan". Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan. 59 (4): 255–268. doi:10.18940/kazan.59.4_255. ISSN 0453-4360.