Ternovka crater explained

Terny crater
Map:Ukraine # Europe
Coordinates:48.1419°N 33.5528°W
Confidence:Confirmed
Diameter:11km (07miles)
Age:280 ± 10 Ma
Early or Middle Permian
Exposed:No
Drilled:Yes
Bolide:Chondrite
Country: Ukraine
Province:Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Ternivsky crater or Ternovsky crater (*outmoded) is a meteorite crater named after the locality Terny in the northern outskirts (Ternivskyi District) of Kryvyi Rih and also Kryvyi Rih Raion in Ukraine.

It is 11 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 280 ± 10 million years (Permian). The crater is not exposed at the surface.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Ternovka . 2009-08-16.