Lonar crater
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Lonar is a meteor crater in India.
Latitude: N19° 58' Longitude: E76° 31'
It is the world's largest impact crater in basaltic rock and is located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra State. Lonar ranks third amongst the world’s five largest craters and has a saline water lake.
It is 1.83 km in diameter and 170 metres in depth, and the age is estimated to be 52000 ± 6000 years. (Pleistocene)
For a detailed map of Lonar crater created using GPS technology, click on the link below:
- Lonar Crater Map (http://www.geocities.com/drchengalva/)
Lonar crater is situated around 550 km from Mumbai, around 160 km from Aurangabad and around 140 km via Buldhana with about 4 1/2 hours drive southeast of the famous Ajanta Caves. The nearest railway station is Malkapur, on the Mumbai - Bhusawal - Nagpur route of Central Railways of Indian Rail around 100 km from Lonar.
External links
- Earth Impact Database (http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/)
- Lonar Crater (http://www.lonarcrater.com/)