Kaluga crater

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Impact crater/structure
Diameter| 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)
Depth| 800 metres (2,600 ft)
Age| 380 ± 5 Ma
Exposed| No
Country| Russia
District| Central Federal District
Municipality| Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga is an impact crater located in Kaluga Oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia .

It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 380 ± 5 million years old (Upper Devonian). The crater is buried under 800 metres (2,600 ft) of sediments; it is not exposed at the surface.[1]

## References

1. ↑ "Kaluga". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_05-2018/Kaluga.html. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

[ ⚑ ]  54°30′N 36°12′E﻿ / ﻿54.5°N 36.2°E﻿ / 54.5; 36.2

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