West Hawk Lake Impact Crater - MB
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 49° 44.637 W 095° 12.550
15U E 340842 N 5512504
Geological investigations during the 1960s determined that West Hawk Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park was created by a meteor impact. At the posted coordinates, there is an information kiosk about meteor impacts.
Waymark Code: WM3CK5
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
Views: 91
At 110 meters, West Hawk Lake is the deepest lake in Manitoba. It's more than 3 times deeper than any other lake in the area. Although estimates vary greater, best guess is that about 100 million years ago, there was a meteor impact that created this crater.
The crater's diameter is 2.4 km (twice the size of the Barringer Crater in Arizona) but the lake is larger - 3.6 km. The rim of the crater has eroded over the last million years allowing the lake to enlarge, but you can still see remnants of the rim - the islands in the lake.
The circular shape of the lake is what prompted scientists to investigate it as a possible crater in the 1960s.
Type of Crater: Simple
Crater Diameter: 2400 meters
Age of Crater: 100,000,000.00
Crater Web Page: [Web Link]
View from the Coordinates:
Nice beach.
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