Mistastin crater is a meteorite crater in Labrador, Canada which contains the roughly circular Mistastin Lake.[3] The lake is approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) in diameter, while the estimated diameter of the original crater is 28 km (17 mi). The age of the crater is calculated to be 36.6 ± 2 million years (Eocene).[4]
The lake was first identified as a possible impact crater in 1968,[5][6] after being viewed from space.[7]
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^Mader, M.M., The Mistastin Lake Impact Structure As A Terrestrial Analogue Site For Lunar Science And Exploration, doctorate (University of Western Ontario), 2015, p. 13.
^Currie K. L. (1968). "Mistastin Lake, Labrador: A new Canadian crater". Nature. 220 (5169): 776–777. Bibcode:1968Natur.220..776C. doi:10.1038/220776a0. S2CID 4172509.
^Taylor, F. C.; Dence, M. R. (1969). "A probable meteorite origin for Mistastin Lake, Labrador". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 6 (1): 39–45. Bibcode:1969CaJES...6...39T. doi:10.1139/e69-004.
^Patel, Kasha (16 November 2022). "Can't go to the moon? This crater in Canada is the next best thing". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
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