Earth Craters – Europe

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Earth Craters, Europe

 
 

This is:  European Impact Craters

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Ref		 Name Location Lat Long Age (Ma) Diameter
(kms)		 Surface
Exposed		 Pic Notes
BB Ilumetsa Estonia N 57° 58' E 27° 25'  0.002 0.08 yes yes n/a
O Kaalijärvi Estonia N 58° 24' W 111° 1' 0.004 ± 0.001 0.11 yes yes n/a
E Morasko Poland N 52° 29' W 102° 29' 0.01 0.1 yes yes n/a
U Karikkoselkä Finland N 63° 13' E 25° 15'  <1.88 1.5 yes yes n/a
HH Karla Russia N 54° 54' E 48° 0' <10 12 yes no n/a
C Steinheim Germany N 48° 41' E 10° 4' 15 ± 1 3.8 yes yes n/a
D Ries Germany N 48° 53' E 10° 37'  15 ± 1 24 yes yes n/a
A Azuara Spain N 41° 10' W 0° 55'   ~40 30 yes no n/a
EE Logoisk Belarus N 54° 12' E 27° 48' 40 ± 5 17 no no n/a
QQ Kamensk Russia N 48° 20' E 40° 15' 49 ± 0.2 25 no no n/a
T Lappajärvi Finland N 63° 12'  E 23° 42' 77.3 ± 0.4 23 yes yes n/a
LL Boltysh Ukraine N 48° 45'  E 32° 10'  88 ± 3 24 no no  n/a
K Dellen Sweden N 61° 48' E 16° 48' 89 ± 2.7 19  no yes n/a
JJ Zapadnaya Ukraine N 49° 44' E 29° 0'  115 ± 10 4 no no n/a
OO Zeleny Gai Ukraine N 48° 42' E 32° 54' 120 ± 20 2.5 no no n/a
F Mien Sweden N 56° 25' E 14° 52' 121 ± 2.3 9 yes no n/a
MM Rotmistrovka Ukraine N 49° 0' E 32° 0' 140 ± 20 2.7 no no n/a
Z Mjølnir Norway N 73° 48' E 29° 40' 143 ± 20 40 no yes n/a
CC Vepriai Lithuania N 55° 10'  E 24° 34'  >160 ± 30 8 no no n/a
GG Puchezh-Katunki Russia N 57° 6' E 43° 35'  175 ± 3 80 no no n/a
B Rochechouart France N 45° 50'  E 0° 56' 214 ± 8 23 yes no n/a
NN Obolon' Ukraine N 49° 30' E 32° 55' 215 ± 25 15 no no n/a
II Kursk Russia N 51° 40' E 36° 0' 250 ± 80 5.5 no no n/a
AA Mishina Gorna Russia N 58° 40' E 28° 0' <360 4 yes no n/a
M Dobele Latvia N 56° 35' E 23° 15' 300 ± 35 4.5 no no n/a
PP Ternovka Ukraine N 48° 1' E 33° 5' 350 15 no no n/a
J Siljan Sweden N 61° 2' E 14° 52' 368 ± 1.1 52 yes yes n/a
FF Kaluga Russia N 54° 30' E 36° 15' 380 ± 10 15 no no n/a
KK Ilyinets Ukraine N 49° 7' E 29° 6' 395 ± 5 4.5 no no n/a
N Kärdla Estonia E 22° 40'' W 74° 30' 455 4 no no n/a
I Tvären Sweden N 58° 46' E 17° 25' >455  2 no no n/a
L Lockne Sweden N 63° 0' E 14° 48'  >455 7.5 no no n/a
H Granby Sweden N 58° 25'  E 14° 56' 470 3 no no n/a
G Gardnos Norway N 60° 39' E 9° 0' 500 ± 10 5 yes no n/a
R Sääksjärvi Finland N 61° 24' E 22° 24'  ~560 6 yes no n/a
DD Mizarai Lithuania N 54° 1' E 24° 0' 570 ± 50 5 no no n/a
X Jänisjärvi Russia N 61° 58' E 30° 55' 698 ± 22 14 yes yes n/a
S Söderfjärden Finland N 62° 54' E 21° 42' ~600 5.5 no no n/a
V Suvasvesi N Finland N 62° 42' E 28° 0'' <1000 4 yes no n/a
Q Lumparn Finland N 60° 9' E 20° 6'  ~1000 9 no no n/a
W so-Naakkima Finland N 62° 11' E 27° 9' >1000 3 no no n/a
Y Suavjarvi Russia N 63° 7' E 33° 23' 2400 16 yes no n/a
P Neugrund Estonia N 59° 20' E 23° 40' Unknown 6 to 8 no no n/a

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Notes:
Created 2001, Updated: Feb 2007, last update (code clean) Apr 2017
>20 km The formation of impact craters as small as 20 km could produce light reductions and temperature disruptions similar to a nuclear winter. Such impacts occur on Earth with a frequency of two or three every million years.

References
1 Natural Resources Canada - Regional Geophysics Section
2 UCMP Web Time Machine
3 Image Update 2007 - PASSC
4 Aerial Explorations of Terrestrial Meteorite Craters - Charles O'Dale