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.

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Label Occurrences
Pingualuit Crater Lake canonical 9
Pingualuit crater lake 1

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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

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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