☄️ Pingualuit crater

Canada · Americas · 61.28°N, 73.66°W

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Pingualuit crater
The Pingualuit Crater, formerly called the "Chubb Crater" and later the "New Quebec Crater", is a relatively young impact crater located on the Ungava Peninsula in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. It is 3.44 km (2.14 mi) in diameter, and is estimated to be 1.4 ± 0.1 million years old (Pleistocene). The crater and the surrounding area are now part of Pingualuit National Park. The only species of fish in the crater lake is the Arctic char.

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Quick facts

CountryCanada
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)61.28°N, 73.66°W · view on map

Pingualuit crater is located in Canada, in Americas.

More impact craters in Canada

Bloody Creek crater · Bow City crater · Carswell impact structure · Charity Shoal crater · Charlevoix impact structure · Corossol crater · Couture crater · Deep Bay crater · Eagle Butte crater · Haughton impact crater.

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