Hachirōgata
Sign in to savethumb|Plans for the creation of the lagoon designed by Pieter Philippus Jansen is a lake in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. Its formal name is , but it is also called . At 4 meters below sea level, Hachirōgata is the lowest natural point in Japan.
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- Lake.name
- Hachirōgata
- Lake.image
- Oga Peninsula and Hachirogata Akita Japan SRTM.jpg
- Lake.caption
- Satellite image of Hachirōgata (at right). The lake is entirely reclaimed except the south-east corner and the narrow watercourse surrounding the reclaimed land. Oga Peninsula is in the left.
- Lake.location
- Akita Prefecture
- Lake.type
- lake
- Lake.basin_countries
- Japan
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Japan
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- Location of Hachirōgata in Japan.
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thumb|Plans for the creation of the lagoon designed by Pieter Philippus Jansen is a lake in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. Its formal name is , but it is also called . At 4 meters below sea level, Hachirōgata is the lowest natural point in Japan.
Hachirōgata was the second-largest lake in Japan after Lake Biwa. Extensive reclamation began in 1957 for crop production, and Ōgata village was established on the reclaimed land on October 1, 1964. The remaining lake has an area of (18th largest in Japan).