Chubb Crater
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Chubb Crater, now known as Pingualuit Crater, is a well-preserved meteorite impact crater in northern Quebec, Canada, famed for its nearly perfectly circular shape and exceptionally clear, ancient lake.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | impact crater ⓘ |
| access | remote and difficult to reach ⓘ |
| age |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
about 1.4 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
New Quebec Crater
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pingualuit Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | polar ⓘ |
| contains | Pingualuit Crater Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| diameter |
about 2.14 miles
ⓘ
about 3.44 kilometres ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | prospectors of the Chubb Insurance Company ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| ecosystem | Arctic tundra ⓘ |
| firstScientificInvestigationYear | 1950 GENERATED ⓘ |
| formerName | Chubb Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kativik Regional Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactingBody | meteorite ⓘ |
| impactOriginConfirmed | 1950s ⓘ |
| InuktitutMeaning | where the land rises ⓘ |
| lakeClarity | exceptionally clear ⓘ |
| lakeDepth | about 267 metres ⓘ |
| lakeDiameter | about 2.8 kilometres ⓘ |
| lakeOutflow | no visible inlets or outlets ⓘ |
| lakeWaterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Inuktitut name Pingualuit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nunavik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Pingualuit National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCommunity | Kangiqsujuaq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ancient lake sediments
ⓘ
exceptionally clear lake water ⓘ nearly perfectly circular crater rim ⓘ well-preserved impact structure ⓘ |
| protectedStatus | within a Quebec national park ⓘ |
| region | Ungava Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rimHeight | about 160 metres above surrounding tundra ⓘ |
| shape | nearly perfectly circular ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
impact cratering processes
ⓘ
paleoclimate records ⓘ |
| surface | exposed on tundra plateau ⓘ |
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