Montagnais is a meteorite crater located on the continental shelf south of

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, Canada. It measures in diameter, and its age is estimated to be 50.50 ± 0.76 million years (

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). The crater is under the sea and buried beneath marine sediments.

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External links

RASC documentation of the Montagnais structure.
Impact craters of Canada Eocene impact craters Landforms of Nova Scotia {{Earth-crater-stub