World / Canada / Saskatchewan / Yorkton, 29 km from center Coordinates: 50°57'6"N   102°27'13"W

Crater Lake


A small circular lake about 6 m deep occupying a collapse chimney created by dissolution of the Prairie Evaporite ~900 m below the surface.

Reference: Gendzwill DJ, Hajnal Z. Seismic investigation of the Crater Lake collapse structure in southeastern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1971;8:1514–1524.
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