Ilyinets crater
Encyclopedia
Ilyinets is an impact crater
in Ukraine
(Vinnytsia Oblast
).
It is 8.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 378 ± 5 million years (Upper Devonian
). The crater is not exposed at the surface.
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 Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia.-Geography:The area of the region is 26,500 km²; its population is 1.7 million....
).
It is 8.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 378 ± 5 million years (Upper Devonian
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
). The crater is not exposed at the surface.