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René-Levasseur Island is a large island in the centre of Lake Manicouagan in Quebec, Canada. Its highest peak is Mount Babel, at 952 m (3,123 feet), which is contained in the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve. With a total area of 2,020 km 2 (and a diameter of 50.7 km), the island is larger in area than the annular lake in which it
The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel. The structure was created 214 (±1) million years ago, in the Late Triassic, by the impact of a meteorite 5 km (3 mi) in diameter. The lake and island are clearly seen from space and are sometimes called the "eye of Quebec".
With an area of 23,540 hectares, which makes it - by far - the largest of the entire Quebec network, the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve occupies Mount Babel, in the northern part of the René-Levasseur Island (Manicouagan Reservoir). It is located in unorganized territory of the Regional County Municipality of Manicouagan.
Mount Babel is the highest peak of the René-Levasseur Island, at 952 m (3,123 ft) above sea-level, which is 590 m (1,936 ft) above the Manicouagan Reservoir level. It lies within the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve in Quebec, Canada.
Map of Canadian islands in the Arctic Ocean. Islands and island groups in the Arctic Archipelago include ... Île René-Levasseur; Île Sainte-Hélène;
Covering an area of 2,020 km 2 (780 sq mi), René-Levasseur Island is considered to be the second largest island in the world located in a lake, in terms of area (the largest is Manitoulin Island, located within neighbouring Ontario's portion of Lake Huron). [25]
René-Levasseur Island: 2,020 780: Quebec: 0: World's second largest lake island. [11] 37: 227: Air Force Island: 1,720 660: Nunavut: 0: First written record of the ...
Big Simpson Island, world's 13th largest inland island; Blanchet Island, world's 14th largest inland island; Preble Island, world's 20th largest inland island; Manicouagan Reservoir. René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island [1] and 2nd largest inland island; Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland