West Hawk Lake

West Hawk Lake is an impact crater lake on the located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeastern , Canada. The circular shape of the main body of the lake is due to the submerged West Hawk crater, caused by a meteor impact into an ancient rock bed composed of mostly granite.
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West Hawk Lake

Latitude
49.765° or 49° 45′ 54″ north
Longitude
-95.18829° or 95° 11′ 18″ west
Elevation
330 metres (1,083 feet)
Open location code
86X6QR76+XM
Geo­Names ID
6178976
Wiki­data ID
Q3894194
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“West Hawk Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: West Hawk Lake
  • Dutch: West Hawk Lake
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره ويسانت هاوك (كندا)
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره ويسانت هاوك
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Akcipitra Lago
  • Esperanto: West Hawk
  • French: West Hawk Lake
  • German: West Hawk Lake
  • Polish: West Hawk
  • Portuguese: Lago Falcão do Oeste
  • Portuguese: Lago West Hawk
  • Swedish: West Hawk Lake

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