Île Rouleau

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Île Rouleau
Waters Lac Mistassini
Geographical location 50 ° 40 '51 "  N , 73 ° 52' 48"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 40 '51 "  N , 73 ° 52' 48"  W.
Île Rouleau (Québec)
Île Rouleau
length 1.4 km
width 960 m
surface 60 ha
Residents uninhabited

The island of Île Rouleau with a diameter of 1 km is located at the southern end of Lac Mistassini in the administrative region of North du Québec in the Canadian province of Québec .

The island forms the central mountain of an impact crater . The diameter of the crater is about 4 km. The age of the meteorite impact is estimated to be less than 300 million years and is therefore in the Permian Age.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Earth Impact Database - Île Rouleau
  2. Odale-Articles-IleRouleau ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ottawa-rasc.ca