Dobele crater explained

Dobele crater
Location:Dobele
Map:Latvia
Confidence:Confirmed
Diameter:4.5km (02.8miles)
Age:290 ± 35 Ma
Late Carboniferous to Late Permian
Exposed:No
Drilled:Yes
Country: Latvia

Dobele crater is an impact crater in Latvia under the town of Dobele. The crater is not exposed at the surface. It is 4.5km (02.8miles) in diameter and estimated to be 290 ± 35 million years old (Cisuralian epoch of the Permian period).[1] [2]

References

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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dobele . Earth Impact Database.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611124206/http://www.en.krateris.eu/dobele-crater.html Dobele impact crater