Lake Wanapitei
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Lake Wanapitei is a meteor crater lake in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the large Sudbury meteor crater but not related to it.
It is 7.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 37.2 ± 1.2 million years, placing it in the Eocene.
Lake Wanapitei, a popular recreational and residential lake in the Sudbury area, is the largest lake in the world completely contained within the boundaries of a single city. The Wanapitei River flows through the lake. There is a provincial park located on the north shore of Lake Wanapitei; this is a non-operating park so there are no facilities.
The lake's name comes from the Ojibwa word Wahnabitaybing, or "tooth", which describes its shape. A nearby community which takes its name from the river is spelled Wahnapitae. However, the Wanapitei spelling is correct for both the lake and the river.
External links
- Earth Impact Database (http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/)
- Wanapitei Impact Crater (http://ottawa.rasc.ca/astronomy/earth_craters/wanapitei/)