Boltysh crater
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The Boltysh crater or Bovtyshka crater is a buried impact crater in the Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine,[1] near the village of Bovtyshka. The crater is 24 kilometres (15 mi) in diameter and its age of 65.39 ± 0.14/0.16 million years, based on argon-argon dating techniques, less than 1 million years younger than Chicxulub crater in Mexico and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary). The Chicxulub impact is believed to have caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, which included the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Boltysh crater is currently thought to be unrelated to the Chicxulub impact, and to have not generated major global environmental effects.[2]
Boltysh crater | |
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Impact crater/structure | |
Confidence | Confirmed[1] |
Diameter | 24 kilometres (15 mi) |
Depth | 550 metres (1,800 ft) |
Age | 65.39 ± 0.14/0.16 mya, Danian |
Exposed | No |
Drilled | Yes |
Location | |
Coordinates | 48°45′N 32°10′E |
Country | Ukraine |
Region | Kirovohrad Oblast |