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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pingualuit Crater Lake canonical 9
Pingualuit crater lake 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf impact crater lake ⓘ
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 ⓘ
no surface inflow ⓘ
no surface outflow ⓘ
steep crater walls ⓘ
hasScientificValue natural laboratory for limnology ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Pingualuit Crater ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Ungava Peninsula ⓘ
notableFor exceptionally pure water ⓘ
high water transparency ⓘ
low nutrient levels ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
nutrientLevel very low ⓘ
origin meteorite impact ⓘ
partOf Pingualuit National Park ⓘ
pollutionLevel very low ⓘ
protectedArea Pingualuit National Park ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pingualuit Crater → hasPart → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Pingualuit Crater → hasLake → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Pingualuit National Park → notableFeature → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Pingualuit National Park → primaryWaterBody → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Lac aux Pingualuit Plateau → hasFeature → Pingualuit crater lake ⓘ
linked to: Pingualuit Crater Lake
Chubb Crater → contains → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
New Quebec Crater → contains → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Parc national des Pingualuit → hasMainFeature → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Parc national des Pingualuit → hasBodyOfWater → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
Parc national des Pingualuit → contains → Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ