West Hawk is a meteorite crater in Manitoba, Canada.[1]

It is 2.44 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 351 ± 20 million years (Mississippian). The crater lies beneath the main central portion of West Hawk Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park, and is not exposed at the surface.

References

  1. ↑ "West Hawk". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2008-12-30.

49°46′N 95°11′W / 49.767°N 95.183°W / 49.767; -95.183


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