Lake Wanapitei
| Lake Wanapitei | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Wanapitei River | | |
| Primary outflows | Wanapitei River | |
| Basin countries | Canada | |
| Max. length | 16.5 km (10.3 mi) | |
| Max. width | 14 km (8.7 mi) | |
| Surface elevation | 267 m (876 ft) | |
| Settlements | Skead | |
Lake Wanapitei (also known as Lake Wahnapitae) occupies a meteorite crater in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the much larger Sudbury meteorite crater but they are not related.
The crater is 5.2 mi (8.4 km) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 37.2 ± 1.2 million years, placing it in the Eocene.[1]
It was evident by the mid-1970s that Wanapitei Lake was an impact crater. Remarkably, it lies on the eastern edge of the much older, larger Sudbury structure. Cobbles of suevite, crumbly impact breccia cobbles containing bits of dark glass, are found surrounding the lake. Some contain coesite, a high pressure mineral diagnostic of impact structures. The suevite is very close in appearance and composition to that described from the Ries impact crater.
In the 1960s, half a dozen RCMP officers accidentally drowned in the lake during a training exercise.[2]
The lake is a popular recreational and residential area in Sudbury, with the neighborhoods of
The
is also located on the lake's northwestern shore.The lake's name comes from the
See also
- List of lakes in Ontario
References
- ^ "Wanapitei". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Moodie, Jim (22 August 2014). "Sudbury Accent: Sandbanks bound on bottomless lake". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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