Pingualuk Lake
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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake of Pingualuit Crater in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “lac du Pingualuk”, “Lake Chubb”, “Pingualuit Crater Lake”, and “Pingualuk”
Pingualuk Lake
- Categories: impact crater lake, oligotrophic lake, ancient lake, and body of water
- Location: Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.27734° or 61° 16′ 38″ north
Longitude
-73.66103° or 73° 39′ 40″ west
Elevation
621 metres (2,037 feet)
Open location code
97H878GQ+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pingualuk Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lac Pingualuk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاك پينجوالوك”
- French: “lac Pingualuk”
- French: “Lac Pingualuk”
- German: “Lac Pingualuk”
- German: “Pingualuk-See”
- Inuktitut: “ᐱᖑᐊᓗᒃ”
- Swedish: “Lac Pingualuk”
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Places to explore: Katinniq.
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Highlights: Pingualuit Crater.
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