Pingualuk Lake,Canada
The Pingualuit Crater, located in Canada and nestled just within the tundra of the Ungava peninsula in the far north of Quebec is known for its perfect circular crater formed by the crash of a meteorite that took place on earth over a million years ago.
Its edges rise for 160 meters and inside of it a lake has formed, due to snowfall and rainfall, which has even reached depths of 400 meters. The Pingualuit, with a diameter of over 2 miles, has no apparent inlets or outlets, so water which is accumulated is exclusively rainwater that is lost only through evaporation. Besides being one of the deepest lakes in North America, it is also considered among the most transparent and pure in the world, with a visibility of over 35 meters.
This immense basin was first identified by the crew of a US Air Force plane in June 1943, but its images were only made public in 1950. Before then, the crater was known only to the local Inuit population, who had given it the name "Crystal Eye of Nunavik" thanks to the purity of its limpid and crystalline waters.
The lake’s name has changed over the years. Initially it was called "Chubb Crater", from a diamond hunter who was the first to organize an exploratory mission, and later it was changed to "New Quebec Crater" at the request of the Quebec Geographic Board. It was only in 1999 that it was was given its final name of "Pingualuit", which can be translated "where the earth rises". The crater and the surrounding area are now part of the Pingualuit National Park.
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