Charity Shoal
About
Charity Shoal is a shoal in Lake Ontario, off Kingston, Ontario.
A submerged, roughly circular basin on the lake bed here, about 1.2 to 1.4 km (0.75 to 0.87 mi) across and about 18 to 19.5 m below the water surface at its deepest, is called the Charity Shoal crater. It is a possible impact crater, thought to date from about 460 million years ago, but an impact origin has not been confirmed.
Facts
| Location | Kingston, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Nearest places | East Charity Shoal, 1.1 km (0.7 mi) southeast South Charity Shoal, 1.3 km (0.8 mi) south Allan Otty Shoal, 3.7 km (2.3 mi) northeast |
| Nearest town | Point Alexandria, ONT, 15.0 km (9.3 mi) northeast |
| Coordinates | 44.04194, -76.49528 |
| Official name record | CGNDB FAPZL |
| Official name adopted | 1954-10-07 |
Sources
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Wikipedia: Charity Shoal crater