Dobele crater

Dobele crater is an impact crater in central Latvia. The town of Dobele is built over the site of the crater.^[1]

It is 4.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 290 ± 35 million years (Cisuralian epoch of the Permian period). The impact structure is buried and is not visible.

References

1. ^ "Dobele". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/dobele.html. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 

External links

• Masaitis, V.L. 1999 Impact structures of northeastern Eurasia: the territories of Russia and adjacent countries, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 34, p. 691-711

Coordinates: 56°35′N 23°15′E / 56.583°N 23.25°E / 56.583; 23.25