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Manicouagan in the Province of Quebec, Canada
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Manicouagan is a Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Its seat is in Baie-Comeau. Created in 1981, the RCM is located in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
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Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan)
Is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada. The lake covers an area of 1,942 km², and its eastern shore is accessible via Route 389.
The island in the centre of the lake is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel. The lake and island are
clearly seen from space and are sometimes called the "eye of Quebec." In 2007, the Manicouagan lake was astronaut Marc Garneau's
nomination for the CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada competition.
Manicouagan impact crater
Manicouagan Reservoir lies within the remnant of an ancient eroded impact crater (astrobleme). The crater was formed following the
impact of a 5 kilometres (3 miles) diameter asteroid which excavated a crater originally about 100 km (62 mi) wide although erosion
and deposition of sediments have since reduced the visible diameter to about 72 km (45 mi). It is the fifth largest impact crater
known on earth. Mount Babel is interpreted as the central peak of the crater.
Recent research has shown that impact melt within the crater has an age of 214 ± 1 Ma. As this is 12 ± 2 million years before the
end of the Triassic, the crater cannot be the cause of the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event.
Source: Wikipedia
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