Elbow_crater

Elbow crater

Elbow crater

Meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada

Not to be confused with Elbow (lunar crater).

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

Circle shows the approximate rim of Elbow crater. There is no surface expression of the structure.

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]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Elbow crater". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2019-04-25.

50°59′N 106°43′W


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