| Luizi crater | |
| Other Name: | Luizi impact structure |
| Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Age: | <542 myr (basement rock age) |
| Confidence: | Confirmed |
| Diameter: | 17km (11miles) |
| Exposed: | Yes |
| Drilled: | No |
| Country: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province: | Haut-Katanga Province |
Luizi is a meteorite impact structure that lies on the Kundelungu Plateau of Haut-Katanga province, in an underexplored region of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The crater, ~17 kilometer in diameter, is visible from satellite imagery, and has been confirmed in 2011 by Ferrière et al.[2] as being caused by a large impact event. This complex meteorite impact crater is so far the only recognized one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and even in the whole Central Africa.[3]
The crater was initially described as a semi-circular basin by German geologist E. Grosse in 1919.[4]