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Lake Manicougan in Quebec, Canada
A satellite photograph of the Siljan Ring. Lake Siljan is a large part of the southwest edge of the much-eroded crater.
Lonar Lake in India

An impact crater lake is a lake inside a depression caused by the impact of a meteor. It is also known as an annular lake in cases where the water body is shaped like a ring, as many impact crater lakes are.

One of the largest impact crater lakes is Lake Manicouagan in Canada; the crater is a multiple-ring structure about 100 km (60 mi) across, with its 70 km (40 mi) diameter inner ring its most prominent feature; it contains a 70 km (40 mi) diameter annular lake, surrounding an inner island plateau, René-Levasseur Island. It is Earth's sixth-largest confirmed impact crater according to rim-to-rim diameter.[1]

List of impact crater lakes

Lake Location
Africa
Lake Bosumtwi Ghana
Tswaing crater South Africa
Oceania
Shoemaker crater Western Australia
Acraman crater (ephemeral playa lake) South Australia
Asia
Lonar Lake India
Karakul Tajikistan
Lake El'gygytgyn Russia, Chukotka
Lake Cheko (possibly created in 1908 with the Tunguska event) Russia, Siberia
Europe
Morasko meteorite nature reserve (five of the seven craters contain lakes) Poland
Lake Siljan Sweden
Dellen Sweden
Mien Sweden
Karikkoselkä Finland
Lake Lappajärvi Finland
Lake Yanisyarvi Russia, Karelia
Keurusselkä Finland
Paasselkä Finland
Saarijärvi crater Finland
Suvasvesi Finland
Sääksjärvi Finland
Lake Kaali Estonia
Suavjärvi crater Russia, Karelia
North America
Lake Manicouagan (artificially enlarged by a dam) Canada, Quebec
Pingualuit crater (formerly called Chubb Crater and later New Quebec Crater) Canada, Quebec
Couture crater Canada, Quebec
Clearwater Lakes (lake-filling paired impact craters: Lac à l'Eau Claire Est, Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest) Canada, Quebec
Mistastin crater Canada, Labrador
Lake Wanapitei Canada, Ontario
Gilmour and Tecumseh Lakes, Brent crater Canada, Ontario
West Hawk Lake Canada, Manitoba
Gow crater Canada, Saskatchewan
Pilot crater Canada, Northwest Territories

See also

References

  1. ^ "Impact Structures listed by Diameter (Increasing)". PASSC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.