Pingualuit Crater
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Pingualuit Crater is a nearly perfectly circular meteorite impact crater in northern Quebec, Canada, famed for its exceptionally clear, deep, and isolated crater lake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pingualuit Crater canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
impact crater ⓘ meteorite crater ⓘ |
| age | about 1.4 million years ⓘ |
| climate | Arctic tundra ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| diameter |
about 2.14 miles
ⓘ
about 3.44 kilometres ⓘ |
| discoveredByNonIndigenous | American aviators ⓘ |
| distanceToNearestSettlement | about 100 kilometres southwest of Kangiqsujuaq ⓘ |
| elevation | about 520 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| formerName |
Chubb Crater
ⓘ
New Quebec Crater ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod |
Pleistocene epoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Pleistocene
|
| hasLake | Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | no visible inlets or outlets ⓘ |
| hasPart | Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ |
| hasScientificInterest |
impact cratering processes
ⓘ
limnology ⓘ paleoclimate research ⓘ |
| impactOrigin | meteorite impact ⓘ |
| impactStructure | simple bowl-shaped crater ⓘ |
| indigenousNameMeaning | where the land is pimpled ⓘ |
| indigenousPeople | Inuit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deep isolated lake
ⓘ
exceptionally clear crater lake ⓘ nearly perfect circular shape ⓘ scientific studies of pristine lake sediments ⓘ |
| lakeDepth |
about 267 metres
ⓘ
one of the deepest lakes in North America ⓘ |
| lakeDiameter | about 2.8 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
northern Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Nunavik ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Pingualuit National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Lac aux Pingualuit Plateau
ⓘ
Ungava Peninsula ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Kangiqsujuaq ⓘ |
| protectedSince | creation of Pingualuit National Park in 2004 ⓘ |
| region |
Nunavik
ⓘ
surface form:
Nunavik, northern Quebec
|
| rimHeight | about 160 metres above surrounding tundra ⓘ |
| surface | nearly perfectly circular ⓘ |
| surfaceGeology | exposed Precambrian shield rocks ⓘ |
| waterClarity | exceptionally clear ⓘ |
| waterSource |
precipitation
ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| yearOfNonIndigenousDiscovery | 1943 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.