Presqu'île is a
meteorite crater in the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of
Jamésie
Jamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Nord-du-Québec, Canada.
Its geographical code is 991 and together with Kativik TE and Eeyou Istchee TE it forms the administrative région and census division (CD ...
in the
Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec (; en, Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsu ...
region of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada, located about south of the city of
Chapais.
It is in diameter and is estimated to be less than 500 million years old (
Cambrian period
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or earlier). The crater is exposed at the surface.
See also
*
Presqu'île Lake, a waterbody
References
External links
Aerial Exploration of the Presqu'ile Structure
Impact craters of Quebec
Cambrian impact craters
Landforms of Nord-du-Québec
Impact crater lakes
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