New Quebec Crater

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New Quebec 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, deep lake.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
New Quebec Crater canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf impact crater ⓘ
natural feature ⓘ
access primarily by air ⓘ
age Pleistocene ⓘ
about 1.4 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pingualuit Crater ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
contains Pingualuit Crater Lake ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
diameter about 2.1 miles ⓘ
about 3.4 kilometres ⓘ
discoveredByNonIndigenous U.S. Air Force personnel ⓘ
elevation about 520 metres above sea level ⓘ
formationCause meteorite impact ⓘ
geologicalSetting Canadian Shield ⓘ
governingBody Kativik Regional Government ⓘ
hasFeature deep crater lake ⓘ
exceptionally clear water ⓘ
steep crater walls ⓘ
iceCover lake often ice-covered most of the year ⓘ
inflow precipitation ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
InuktitutName Pingualuit ⓘ
InuktitutNameMeaning where the land rises ⓘ
knownToIndigenousPeoples Inuit ⓘ
lakeDepth about 267 metres ⓘ
lakeDiameter about 2.8 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic tundra environment ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

northern Quebec ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Nunavik ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Pingualuit National Park ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kangiqsujuaq ⓘ
notableFor exceptionally clear, deep lake ⓘ
nearly perfectly circular shape ⓘ
outflow no visible outlet ⓘ
preservationState well-preserved ⓘ
region Ungava Peninsula ⓘ
rockType Precambrian crystalline rocks ⓘ
scientificInterest impact cratering processes ⓘ
limnology ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
shape nearly perfectly circular ⓘ
tourism remote ecotourism destination ⓘ
waterClarity very high transparency ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ
yearOfNonIndigenousDiscovery 1943 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pingualuit Crater → formerName → New Quebec Crater ⓘ
Chubb Crater → alsoKnownAs → New Quebec Crater ⓘ