Dobele crater

Short description: Impact crater in Latvia

Dobele crater

Dobele crater

Location of Dobele crater in Latvia

Impact crater/structure
Confidence| Confirmed
Diameter| 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Age| 290 ± 35 Ma
Late Carboniferous to Late Permian
Exposed| No
Drilled| Yes
Location
Location| Dobele
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 56°35′N 23°15′E﻿ / ﻿56.583°N 23.25°E﻿ / 56.583; 23.25
Country|  Latvia

Dobele crater is an impact crater in Latvia under the town of Dobele. The crater is not exposed at the surface. It is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) in diameter and estimated to be 290 ± 35 million years old (Cisuralian epoch of the Permian period).[1][2]

## References

1. ↑ "Dobele". http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_05-2018/Dobele.html.
2. ↑ Dobele impact crater, citing V.L. Masaitis, "Impact structures of northeastern Eurasia: The territories of Russia and adjacent countries"

Masaitis, V.L. (1999), Impact structures of northeastern Eurasia: the territories of Russia and adjacent countries, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 34, p. 691-711

## Further reading

* A. Abels. J. Plado Lehtinen. 2002 The Impact Cratering Record of Fennoscandia - A Close Look at the DatabaseSpringer, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany (DEU)

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