Illinois Crater
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 29 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E
 
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Location in Vinnytsia Oblast |
The Illinois Crater (also Ilyinets ; Ukrainian Іллінецький кратер / Illinezkyj Krater ) is a buried impact crater in the east of the Ukrainian Vinnytsia Oblast .
The Illinois crater, which was discovered in 1851 by the professor of the Kiev University Konstantin Matwejewitsch Feofilaktow (1818–1901) in the search for mineral deposits, is located about 10 km west of the eponymous city Illinois .
The crater with a diameter of 8.5 km was created by the impact of a 40 million ton meteorite with a diameter of about 300 m during the Upper Devonian about 378 ± 5 million years ago.
In the course of further research in 1975 the world's largest agate was found here.
Web links
Commons : Illinois Crater - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diamonds from aliens ... ; accessed on December 30, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Ilyinets . In: Earth Impact Database . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 30, 2015. (English)
