Kebira crater
Coordinates: 24 ° 40 ′ 47.6 " N , 24 ° 58 ′ 37.2" E
The Kebira Crater ( Arabic فوهة كبيرة) is an approximately 31 km large crater structure in the Sahara on the border between Libya and Egypt . It was discovered in 2006 while evaluating satellite images.
Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim from the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University had suggested that this could be an impact crater . There is still no scientific evidence for the impact theory. Alternatively, a hydrothermal (volcanic) origin is suggested.
See also
Web links
- Boston University press article on the discovery of the crater
- Kebira Crater NASA Earth Observatory, Image of the Day, March 8, 2006
- Article on the faculty page with images in different resolutions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Non-Impact Origin of the Crater Field in the Gilf Kebir Region , article by M. DiMartino, L. Orti, L. Matassoni, M. Morelli, R. Serra, A. Buzzigoli