Impact craters in Finland

As of June 2018, 12 confirmed impact craters have been found in Finland. They are listed below, sorted by original diameter.

List of identified impact craters in Finland  Structure name  | Crater type  | Diameter (km)  | Depth (m)  | Age (Myr)  | Geologic period (epoch)  | Location  | Municipality  | Impact origin shown [Note 3]  | Notes

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[Note 1]

| Current (buried structure)  | Current (solid surface)

[Note 2]

| Min  | Max  | Best fit
Keurusselkä | Complex  | 30[1] | 14[2] | 820[3] |  | N/A  | 1141[4] | 1161[4] | 1150[4] | Stenian | 62°07′49″N 24°37′58″E﻿ / ﻿62.1302°N 24.6327°E﻿ / 62.1302; 24.6327 | Keuruu / Mänttä-Vilppula | 2004[5]

2010[6]

| Heavily eroded, only remnants of central peak remain.
Lappajärvi | Complex[7] | 20[7] | 17[7] | 730[3] |  | 137[8] | 77.07[9] | 78.63[9] | 77.85[9] | Cretaceous (Late)  | 63°08′40″N 23°39′03″E﻿ / ﻿63.1444°N 23.6508°E﻿ / 63.1444; 23.6508 | Lappajärvi / Alajärvi / Vimpeli | 1968[10]

1970[11]

1976 [12]

| Preserved well, rim outside lake largely intact.
Paasselkä | Complex?[7] |  | 10[7] | 590[3] |  | 74[13] | 229.2

[14][15]

| 232.8

[14][15]

| 231.0

[14][15]

| Triassic (Late)  | 62°09′18″N 29°24′03″E﻿ / ﻿62.1549°N 29.4008°E﻿ / 62.1549; 29.4008 | Savonlinna / Kitee | 1999[16]

2003

2008[17]

| Bay of Orivesi lake in Greater Saimaa.
Lumparn | Complex[7] | 9[7] | 9[7] \- 10[18] | 570[3] |  |  | 450[19] | 1250[19] | 580[19] | Ectasian to Ordovician | 60°08′34″N 20°07′17″E﻿ / ﻿60.1429°N 20.1215°E﻿ / 60.1429; 20.1215 | Jomala / Lemland / Lumparland / Sund | 1993[18]

1997

| Bay of the Archipelago sea.
Söderfjärden | Complex,[7] polygonal (hexagonal)  | 6.6[7] | 6.6[7] | 520[3] |  | 55[8] | 520[7] \- 640[20] |  |  | Cambrian (Early)  | 63°00′14″N 21°33′28″E﻿ / ﻿63.0039°N 21.5579°E﻿ / 63.0039; 21.5579 | Vaasa / Korsholm / Malax | 1978

1985

2013[21]

| Extremely well preserved; rim nearly entirely intact, buried soon after impact, later exhumed. Dried bay of Kvarken.
Sääksjärvi | Simple?[7] | 5[7] | 4.5[7] \- 5[22] | 480[3] |  | 9.1[23] | 544[22] | 576[22] | 560[22] | Ediacaran | 61°24′24″N 22°22′45″E﻿ / ﻿61.4066°N 22.3792°E﻿ / 61.4066; 22.3792 | Kokemäki | 1969[24]

1980

1997

| Central part of the Sääksjärvi lake.
Suvasvesi N | Complex?[7] |  | 4[7][25] | 450[3] |  |  | 79.7[26] | 88.1[26] | 85[26] | Cretaceous (Late)  | 62°39′11″N 28°10′43″E﻿ / ﻿62.6530°N 28.1786°E﻿ / 62.6530; 28.1786 | Kuopio / Leppävirta | 1995

1996[25]

| Kukkarinselkä; open water in the Suvasvesi lake.
Suvasvesi S | Simple?

Complex?

|  | ~4  | 450[3] |  |  | 679[26] | 727[26] | 710[26] | Cryogenian, possibly but unlikely Tonian | 62°35′33″N 28°12′51″E﻿ / ﻿62.5924°N 28.2143°E﻿ / 62.5924; 28.2143 | Kuopio / Leppävirta | 2001[27]

2002[28] 2003

| Haapaselkä; open water in the Suvasvesi lake.
Iso-Naakkima | Simple[7] | < 4[7] | 2[7] \- 3[29] | 450[3] \- 600[29] | 160[29] | N/A  | 900[30] | 1200[30] |  | Stenian or Tonian | 62°12′08″N 27°07′31″E﻿ / ﻿62.2023°N 27.1252°E﻿ / 62.2023; 27.1252 | Pieksämäki / Mikkeli | 1993[29] | Buried, only partly under the Iso-Naakkima lake
Saarijärvi | Simple?[7] | 3.4[7] | 1.5[7][31] \- 2[32] | 420[3] |  |  | 0[21] | 541[21] |  | Cambrian to Quaternary | 65°17′29″N 28°23′22″E﻿ / ﻿65.2915°N 28.3894°E﻿ / 65.2915; 28.3894 | Taivalkoski | 1997[33]

1998[31]

2013[21]

| Central part of the Saarijärvi lake.
Summanen | Simple?  |  | 2.6[34] | 640[3] | 200[34] | 41[35] | 2.588[34][36] | 1910[36] |  | Orosirian to Neogene | 62°38′52″N 25°22′42″E﻿ / ﻿62.6479°N 25.3782°E﻿ / 62.6479; 25.3782 | Saarijärvi | 2007[37]

2018[34]

| Central part of the Summanen lake.
Karikkoselkä | Simple[7] | 3[7] | 1.3[7] | 640[3] |  | 26[38] | 230[39] | 260[39] \- 458[40] |  | (Late) Ordovician to (Early) Triassic | 62°13′16″N 25°14′45″E﻿ / ﻿62.2212°N 25.2459°E﻿ / 62.2212; 25.2459 | Petäjävesi | 1996[38]

1999[39]

2000

| Open water in Petäjävesi lake

Note 1: The "original" crater dimensions are coarse estimates. Original depths were calculated using the given original diameter using the Impact: Earth! program.

Note 2: "Current solid surface" topography is calculated from the deepest floor (regardless whether it is underwater or on dry land) to highest rim crest; other depth values give the depth of the floor in relation to the original terrain, thus excluding the rim and/or central uplift.

Note 3: Evidence for impact origin for a given structure is often provided in several publications. The year column includes some publications where some evidence of impact origin was provided even though an impact was not necessarily suggested by the authors; somewhere an impact was suggested even though the proof wasn't conclusive; and somewhere definite proof was provided.

General note 1: Crater sizes and shapes vary according to local differences. For example, depending on where you measure the crater diameter the result may vary (craters are seldom perfect circles). This is affected by, e.g., impact angle (low < 5-10 degree impact angles cause more elliptical craters) and local zones of weakness (may cause the crater to become polygonal).

General note 2: On Earth the (theoretical) transition diameter between simple and complex craters is 2 – 4 km. Such small craters may be either end member or some intermediate form, and thus the given dimension estimates may be off. The depth may be off by ~50 %.

## References[edit]

* Suomen kraatterit, Finnish impact craters, https://kraatterit.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/perustietoa-montako-kraatteria-suomesta-loytyy/

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