Lac couture
| Lac couture | ||
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| Geographical location | Nunavik in North du Québec , Québec (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | from Lac Duquet | |
| Drain | Rivière Decoumte | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 8 ′ N , 75 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| surface | 273 km² | |
| length | 32 km | |
| width | 16 km | |
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Lac Couture is a lake in the Canadian province of Québec , located in the Nunavik region in north du Québec .
The lake has an area of 273 km², a length of 32 km and a width of 16 km. The lake is located about 10 km south of Lac Duquet , whose water flows into it. In addition, Lac Couture is 100 km east of the Hudson Bay settlement Puvirnituq . The Rivière Decoumte river drains the lake to Lac de Puvirnituq .
The circular lake covers an impact crater that was formed in the Silurian Mountains 430 ± 25 million years ago and had an original diameter of 8 km.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Couture
- ↑ Couture . In: Earth Impact Database . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
