Mien crater
Encyclopedia
Mien is a lake in southern Sweden
, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tingsryd
. The lake is formed within a meteorite
crater
.
The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km (3.4-mi) diameter circular lake
(Lake Mien).
The original crater rim
is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion.
Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early Cretaceous
).
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tingsryd
Tingsryd
Tingsryd is a locality and the seat of Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,023 inhabitants in 2005.-Sister cities: Lindstrom - Minnesota, USA- References :...
. The lake is formed within a meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
crater
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...
.
The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km (3.4-mi) diameter circular lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
(Lake Mien).
The original crater rim
Rim (craters)
The rim of a crater is the part that extends above the height of the local surface, usually in a circular or elliptical pattern. In a more specific sense, the rim may refer to the circular or elliptical edge that represents the uppermost tip of this raised portion...
is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion.
Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
).