Pingualuit crater
780352
198010973
2008-03-13T18:16:38Z
67.71.231.181
[[Image:Pingualuit Crater.jpg|thumb|right|Image of Pingualuit Crater from [[Landsat 7]] satellite image.]]
The '''New Quebec Crater''' (previously known as '''Chubb Crater'''), now known as '''Pingualuit Crater''', is a young [[meteorite]] [[impact crater|crater]], by geological standards, located in the [[Ungava Peninsula]] of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].
It is 3.44 [[kilometre|km]] in [[diameter]] and the age is estimated to be 1.4 ± 0.1 [[million]] [[year]]s ([[Pleistocene]]). The crater is exposed to the surface, and a 270 meter deep lake fills the depression.
==External links==
*[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070525.wclimate25/BNStory/Science/home Globe and Mail article about the crater]
*[http://www.nunavik-tourism.com/adventurepingualuit.html Nunavik (Québec) tourism site]
*[http://www.fapaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/consultation/pingualuit/ Pingualuit National Park]
*[http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ Earth Impact Database] , [http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/images/new-quebec.htm New Quebec details]
*[http://www.ottawa.rasc.ca/articles/odale_chuck/earth_craters/pingualuit/index.html Aerial Exploration of the Pingualuit (New Quebec) Structure]
{{coor title dms|61|16|30|N|73|39|37|W|landmark_scale:100000}}
{{Quebec-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Craters of Quebec]]
[[Category:Pleistocene craters]]
[[fr:Cratère du Nouveau-Québec (Pingualuit)]]