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Lake Manicouagan
(aka Manicouagan Reservoir) is an annular lake located in central Quebec,
Canada. An annular lake is a circular lake caused by the impact of a meteor. The
lake island in its center is known as René-Levasseur Island and its highest
point is Mount Babel (3,123-feet).
The lake and
island are clearly seen from space and are sometimes called the “eye of
Quebec”.
Lake Manicouagan
has a diameter of 40 miles and a surface area of 750 square miles.
With an area of
780 square miles, René-Levasseur Island is larger in area than Lake Manicouagan,
in which it is situated. It is also the world’s second largest lake island
and the largest artificial island in the world*.
*René-Levasseur
Island became an artificial island when the Manicouagan reservoir was flooded
in 1970, merging two crescent-shaped lakes; Mouchalagane Lake on the western
side and Manicouagan Lake on the eastern side.
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Manicouagan Reservoir with Île René-Levasseur (from NASA) |
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