Elbow crater

Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The crater is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Elbow". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

Coordinates: 50°59′N 106°43′W / 50.983°N 106.717°W / 50.983; -106.717


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