Lake Shinji
{{short description|Lake in Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Japan}}
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| name = Lake Shinji
| image = Matue-sinjiko01.JPG
| caption = View from Matsue Castle
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| location = Shimane Prefecture
| coords = {{Coord|35|27|N|132|58|E|region:JP-32_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
| type = Brackish
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| basin_countries = Japan
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Shinji in Japan.
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| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Shinji-ko
| designation1_date = 8 November 2005
| designation1_number = 1556{{Cite web|title=Shinji-ko|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1556|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}
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{{Nihongo|Lake Shinji|宍道湖|Shinji-ko}} is a lake in the northeast area of the Shimane Prefecture in Japan. The lake is the seventh largest in Japan, with a circumference of {{Convert|48|km|mi}}. It is enclosed by the Shimane Peninsula to the north, and the Izumo and Matsue plains to the west and east respectively. {{convert|7652|ha|abbr=on|lk=in}} of wetland are a Ramsar Site.{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/shinjiko_29.pdf |title=Ramsar Sites in Japan - Shinji-ko |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=24 March 2011}}
