Pingualuit Crater Lake
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Pingualuit Crater Lake is a nearly perfectly circular, ultra-oligotrophic lake filling a meteorite impact crater on Quebec’s remote Ungava Peninsula, renowned for its exceptionally clear, pure water.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
impact crater lake
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meteorite crater lake ⓘ ultra-oligotrophic lake ⓘ |
| accessDifficulty | hard to access ⓘ |
| climate | subarctic to arctic ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | within protected area ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | cold oligotrophic lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| environment | polar desert ⓘ |
| formedBy | meteorite impact event ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | impact structure on Ungava Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
closed-basin hydrology
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no surface inflow ⓘ no surface outflow ⓘ steep crater walls ⓘ |
| hasScientificValue |
natural laboratory for limnology
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reference site for clear, ultra-oligotrophic lakes ⓘ |
| hasWater |
exceptionally low dissolved solids
ⓘ
very low productivity ⓘ |
| humanPopulationNearby | very sparse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
paleoclimate records in sediments
ⓘ
scientific research on ultra-oligotrophic systems ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic tundra region
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Nunavik NERFINISHED ⓘ Pingualuit Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Ungava Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exceptionally pure water
ⓘ
high water transparency ⓘ low nutrient levels ⓘ remote location ⓘ |
| nutrientLevel | very low ⓘ |
| origin | meteorite impact ⓘ |
| partOf | Pingualuit National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollutionLevel | very low ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Pingualuit National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern Quebec ⓘ |
| salinity | fresh ⓘ |
| shape | nearly perfectly circular ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | barren tundra landscape ⓘ |
| tourism | remote adventure destination ⓘ |
| trophicStatus | ultra-oligotrophic ⓘ |
| waterClarity | exceptionally clear ⓘ |
| waterColor | deep blue ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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