lonar crater

Lonar is a meteor crater in India. Latitude: N19 58' Longitude: E76 31' It is world's largest impact crater in basaltic rock and is located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra State. Lonar ranks 3 rd amongst the worlds five largest craters and has a saline water lake. It is 1.83 km in diameter, 170 meter in depth and the age is estimated to be 52000 6000 years. 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

Lonar Crater

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