Kamensk crater

Kamensk crater

Kamensk is a meteorite impact crater in Russia.

It is 25 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 49.0 ± 0.2 million years old (Eocene). The crater is not exposed at the surface. It may have formed at the same time as the smaller nearby Gusev Crater.

External links

* [http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ Earth Impact Database]


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