Zapadnaya crater

Zapadnaya (Bilylivka) is an impact crater in Ukraine near the village of Bilylivka in the South-Easternmost edge of Zhytomyr Oblast and near the very border of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is situated in the North-Western part of Ukrainian crystalline shield.

It is 3.2 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 165 ± 5 million years, placing it in the Middle Jurassic. The crater is not exposed at the surface.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Zapadnaya". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

Coordinates: 49°44′N 29°0′E / 49.733°N 29.000°E / 49.733; 29.000

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