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The 'New Quebec Crater', or 'Pingualuit Crater', is a young meteorite crater, by geological standards, located in the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec, Canada.
It is 3.44 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 1.4 ± 0.1 million years (Pleistocene). The crater is exposed to the surface, and a 250 meter deep lake fills the depression.

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★ Globe and Mail article about the crater

★ Nunavik (Québec) tourism site

★ Pingualuit National Park

★ Earth Impact Database , New Quebec details

★ Aerial Exploration of the Pingualuit (New Quebec) Structure