Okama
Okama, meaning an honourable cauldron, is the inactive volcanic crater on top of Mount Zaō, located in Kawasaki, Miyagi, on the border with Yamagata, Japan.Photo: Hiroyuki Sato, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Lake
- Description: Lake in Japan
- Also known as: “Okama Crater Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Zaō.
Mt. Zaō
Volcano
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zaō Mountains, commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan.
Okama
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Kaminoyama-shi, Yamagata, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.1364° or 38° 8′ 11″ northLongitude
140.4495° or 140° 26′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8RC24CPX+HROpenStreetMap ID
way 219619536OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q11489343
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Satellite Map
Discover Okama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Okama” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “御釜”
- French: “Okama”
- Japanese: “Okama”
- Japanese: “おかま”
- Japanese: “五色沼”
- Japanese: “御釜”
- Japanese: “蔵王の御釜”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 五色岳 and Zaō no Okama.
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