[meteorite-list] 11-Million-Year-Old Impact Crater Found in Uzbekistan

[Ron Baalke]

http://news.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=14645

Crater left by huge meteorite 11 million years ago found in Uzbekistan
Uz Report
July 11, 2006

Uzbek geologists found a large object clearly illustrating the 
collision of a large meteorite with the Earth, press-uz.info reported. 
The meteorite crater is located in an unpopulated deserted plateau 
Ust-Yurt, located in the north-western part of the country.

State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of Uzbekistan said 
the collision was so powerful it created an elliptical cavity. The 
depth of the crater totals some 40 meters. The hole is 7 km wide and 
10 km long. Moreover, as a result of the collision a swell 60 meters 
high and 1 km long formed in the south-eastern end of the plateau.

According to preliminary information, the fall of such a large 
meteorite happened approximately 11 million years ago.