Pilot crater

Short description: Crater lake in Canada

Pilot Lake

Satellite image (Landsat)

Pilot Lake

Location| Northwest Territories
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 60°17′N 111°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.283°N 111°W﻿ / 60.283; -111
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

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

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.

## 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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