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{{Short description|Impact crater in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{Infobox terrestrial impact site
| name = Deep Bay crater
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| photo = Deep Bay crater LC08 L1TP 037021 20180718 20180731 01 T1.jpg
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| photo_caption = [[Landsat]] image, approximately 23.5 km wide, centered on the structure
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| map = Saskatchewan
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| map_caption = Location of the Deep Bay crater in Saskatchewan
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| coordinates = {{coord|56|24|N|102|59|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| confidence = confirmed
| diameter = {{convert|13|km|mi|0}}
| age = 99 ± 4 million years old ([[Cretaceous]])
| exposed = No
| drilled = Yes
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| country = [[Canada]]
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| province = [[Saskatchewan]]
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[[Image:Canada.A2002236.1810.721.250m NASA.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[NASA]] satellite map of Reindeer Lake showing the Deep Bay crater at the south end]]
'''Deep Bay''' is a bay near the south-western tip of [[Reindeer Lake]] in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Deep Bay)
| url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAFWU
| access-date =2014-08-29}}</ref> The bay is strikingly circular and very deep (220 m) in an otherwise irregular and shallow lake. It is the deepest body of water in Saskatchewan.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/products-services/mapping-product/geoscape/northern-saskatchewan/6245 
 |title=Meteorite impact 
 |work=Geoscape Canada 
 |publisher=[[Natural Resources Canada]] 
 |date=2008-01-07 
 |access-date=2013-02-04 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205162214/http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/products-services/mapping-product/geoscape/northern-saskatchewan/6245 
 |archive-date=2013-02-05 
}}</ref>

The bay was formed in a 13&nbsp;km wide [[impact crater]]. The age of the crater is estimated to be 99&nbsp;±&nbsp;4 million years ([[Cretaceous]]).<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Deep Bay | linkname = deepbay | accessdate = 2011-10-22}}</ref>

The smaller [[Gow crater]], of [[Triassic]] age, is approximately 90 km west of Deep Bay crater.  The [[Carswell impact structure]], also of Cretaceous age, is to the northwest of Deep Bay and Gow.

== See also ==
* [[List of impact structures in North America]]
* [[Geology of Saskatchewan]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://craterexplorer.ca/deep-bay-flat-floored-crater/ Aerial exploration of the Deep Bay crater]


{{Saskatchewan parks}}
{{Impact cratering on Earth}}

[[Category:Impact craters of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Cretaceous impact craters]]
[[Category:Division No. 18, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Cretaceous Saskatchewan]]


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