Dobele crater
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Dobele crater is an impact crater
in central Latvia
. The town of Dobele
is built over the site of the crater.
It is 4.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 290 ± 35 million years (Cisuralian epoch of the Permian
period). The impact structure is buried and is not visible.
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
in central Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The town of Dobele
Dobele
Dobele is a town in the cultural region Zemgale in Latvia, and is located near the center of Latvia on the banks of the river Bērze. It received town rights in 1917 whilst being a part of the German occupied Courland Governorate during the First World War...
is built over the site of the crater.
It is 4.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 290 ± 35 million years (Cisuralian epoch of the Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
period). The impact structure is buried and is not visible.