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Lake Kamo

Coordinates: 38°3′49″N 138°26′12″E / 38.06361°N 138.43667°E / 38.06361; 138.43667
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Lake Kamo
Lake Kamo and Mount Kimpoku
Location of Lake Kamo in Japan.
Location of Lake Kamo in Japan.
Lake Kamo
Coordinates38°3′49″N 138°26′12″E / 38.06361°N 138.43667°E / 38.06361; 138.43667
Catchment area4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Basin countriesJapan
Max. length4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Surface area4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi)[1]
Max. depth8.7 m (29 ft)
Surface elevation0.5 m (1 ft 8 in)
Aerial photograph from 1976

Lake Kamo (Japanese: 加茂湖, Hepburn: Kamo-ko) is a brackish lake on the Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Honshu, Japan. The lake is the largest of Niigata prefecture.

Originally Lake Kamo was a fresh water lake, but was opened to the sea during the Meiji period to avoid floods, and the water became brackish. The lake is famous for oyster farming, since 1932.[2]

Lake Kamo is ranked among the top 100 Landscapes of Japan.[1]


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