Elbow crater

Elbow crater

Elbow is a meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada.

It is 8 km in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is not exposed at the surface. [cite web | title=Elbow | work=Earth Impact Database | url=http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/images/elbow.htm | accessdate=2007-10-16 ]

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