BP Structure

Short description: Exposed impact crater in Libya

BP StructureGebel Dalma

Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind

Impact crater/structure
Confidence| Confirmed
Diameter| 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Age| <120 Ma
Exposed| Yes
Drilled| No
Location
Country| Libya
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Oblique Landsat image of BP crater draped over digital elevation model (x5 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

The BP Structure, also known as Gebel Dalma, is an exposed impact crater in Libya. It is so called because it was identified by a BP (then British Petroleum) geological survey team.[1]

The crater is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in diameter and its age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous or later).

## See also

* Silverpit crater

## References

1. ↑ "BP". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_05-2018/bpstructure.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

## External links

* Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.

[ ⚑ ]  25°19′10″N 24°18′34″E﻿ / ﻿25.31944°N 24.30944°E﻿ / 25.31944; 24.30944

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