Deep Bay crater

Deep Bay crater
Landsat image, approximately 23.5 km wide, centered on the structure
Deep Bay crater is located in Saskatchewan
Deep Bay crater
Location within Saskatchewan
Deep Bay crater is located in Canada
Deep Bay crater
Location within Canada
Location
Impact crater structure
Confidenceconfirmed
Diameter13 kilometres (8 mi)
Age99 ± 4 million years old (Cretaceous)
ExposedNo
DrilledYes

Deep Bay is a bay near the south-western tip of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The bay is strikingly circular and very deep (220 m) in an otherwise irregular and shallow lake. It is the deepest body of water in Saskatchewan.

The bay was formed in a 13 km wide impact crater. The age of the crater is estimated to be 99 ± 4 million years (Cretaceous).

The smaller Gow crater, of Triassic age, is approximately 90 km west of Deep Bay crater. The Carswell impact structure, also of Cretaceous age, is to the northwest of Deep Bay and Gow.

Reindeer Lake with the Deep Bay Crater in the foreground

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Deep Bay)". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Meteorite impact". Geoscape Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Deep Bay". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

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