Karakul (Tajikistan)
lake in Tajikistan
The Karakul crater is in Tajikistan. It left a 25 km (16 mi) diameter lake in a big 52 km (32 mi) impact crater.[1][2] The lake is higher than Lake Titicaca.
The impact was about 25 million years ago, leaving a crater with a rim diameter of 45 kilometers (28 miles).
References
change- ↑ "Kara-Kul Structure, Tajikistan". NASA Earth Observatory. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ Earth Impact database, Karakul.
