Black Bay Peninsula is a volcanic
peninsula in
Unorganized Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay.
In 2016, the population was 146,048. The land area is ; the population density was . Most ...
in
Northwestern Ontario
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,
Canada
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, located on the
North Shore of
Lake Superior
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.
[ Shows the extent of the peninsula highlighted on a map.] It separates Black Bay and Nipigon Bay and consists of over 300
flood basalt
A flood basalt (or plateau basalt) is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Many flood basalts have been attributed to the onset of a hotspot reac ...
lava flows.
, an island entirely encompassed within
Porphyry Island Provincial Park, lies off the tip of the peninsula.
A portion of the peninsula has been set aside as the Black Bay Peninsula Enhanced Management Area.
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Peninsulas of Ontario
Landforms of Thunder Bay District
Volcanism of Ontario
Precambrian volcanism
Flood basalts
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