Elbow crater

Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Not to be confused with Elbow (lunar crater).
Circle shows the approximate rim of Elbow crater. There is no surface expression of the structure.

The crater is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.[1]

References
  1. "Elbow crater". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2019-04-25.

50°59′N 106°43′W


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