Hotokenuma | |
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仏沼 | |
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Japan |
Nearest city | Misawa, Aomori |
Coordinates | 40°49′N 141°23′E / 40.817°N 141.383°E |
Area | 737 ha (1,820 acres) |
Established | November 1, 2005 |
Ramsar Wetland | |
Designated | 8 November 2005 |
Reference no. | 1543[1] |
Hotokenuma (仏沼) is a wetland area located in the northern part of the city of Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. The wetland is connected to the eastern shores of Lake Ogawara at the base of the Shimokita Peninsula.