Ritland crater

The crater

The Ritland Crater is an impact crater at the farm Ritland in the municipality of Hjelmeland in the province of Rogaland in Norway . The crater is located about 15 km east of the village of Hjelmelandsvågen and about 8 km south of Jøsenfjorden . The diameter of the impact structure is about 2 km. The crater was created by the impact of a meteorite with an estimated diameter of 100 m around 500–600 million years ago. It is covered by sediments.

Web links

• The Ritland crater on a map
• Ritland Meteor Crater on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
• UiO Institutt for geofag (Norwegian)
• Article on geoforskning.no (Norwegian)

See also

• List of impact craters on Earth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ritland ( English ) In: Earth Impact Database . Retrieved April 14, 2017.
2. ↑ Ingvil Bjørnæs: Norsk meteorite crater under lupen ( Norwegian ) Norges forskningsråd . June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. 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. Retrieved April 22, 2017. 

Coordinates: 59 ° 14 '47.7 "  N , 6 ° 25' 17.4"  E