Arkenu craters

Arkenu craters

The Arkenu craters are a pair of eroded impact craters in Libya. They are 10 km and 6.8 km in diameter. The craters are believed to have formed simultaneously as a double impact event less than 140 million years ago (Jurassic or younger). Both are exposed at the surface.

External links

* [http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/images/arkenu1.htm Earth Impact Database]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.066667,23.750000&spn=0.193291,0.225906&z=12&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of the region] (from Google Maps)


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