Coordinates: 50°59′N 106°43′W / 50.983°N 106.717°W / 50.983; -106.717

Elbow crater

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Circle shows the approximate rim of Elbow crater. There is no surface expression of the structure.

Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The crater is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Elbow crater". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
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50°59′N 106°43′W / 50.983°N 106.717°W / 50.983; -106.717