Pilot Crater

Pilot Lake
Pilot Lake
	Satellite image (Landsat)
	Pilot Lake
Location	Northwest Territories
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] 60°17′N 111°0′W / 60.283°N 111°W
Type	Impact crater lake
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Max. depth	90 m (300 ft)
Surface elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Islands	9

Short description: Crater lake in Canada

Pilot crater is an impact crater in the Northwest Territories, Canada, just north of the Alberta border and near Fort Smith 54 km (34 mi). It is 6 km (3.7 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 445 ± 2 million years (Upper Ordovician).^[1]

The crater contains Pilot Lake, a pristine fresh-water lake that covers 43 km² (17 sq mi) and is 90 m (300 ft) deep. Lake trout, northern pike, whitefish, and pickerel are plentiful, supporting a summer market for recreational fishing.^[2]

References

↑ "Pilot". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_05-2018/Pilot.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
↑ "Pilot Lake Cabins – Fly-In Fishing". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051814/http://pilotlake.ca/. Retrieved 2007-01-14.

External links

Aerial Exploration of the Pilot impact structure

[ ⚑ ] 60°17′N 111°0′W / 60.283°N 111°W / 60.283; -111

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[1] "Pilot". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_05-2018/Pilot.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

[2] "Pilot Lake Cabins – Fly-In Fishing". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051814/http://pilotlake.ca/. Retrieved 2007-01-14.

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