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Map of Hokkaido showing location of Lake Mashū and Mount Kamui.

Lake Mashū is surrounded by steep crater walls high. It has no significant inlets and no outlet. The lake is one of the clearest in the world and one of the deepest in Japan. On August 1, 1931 the transparency of the water was measured at . Lake Baikal was measured around the same time measured . This is the lake's claim to clearest in the world. Since the 1950s the transparency has tended to range between . The loss in transparency is probably due to the introduction of sockeye salmon and rainbow trout into the lake. At the same time, the clarity of Lake Baikal has not been measured.

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摩周湖 摩周湖 www.masyuko.or.jp/index.html - Web

GEMS/Water 摩周湖モニタリングデータブック GEMS/Water 摩周湖モニタリングデータブック www-cger.nies.go.jp/publication/M016/M016.html - Web

KAMUINUPURI KAMUINUPURI riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/220d.htm - Web

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MASHU Caldera MASHU Caldera riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/220c.htm - Web

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