Patomsky crater (Eastern Siberia)
Dmitry Demezhko
Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
2.3 MB
Aspect
500:211
Width
5000 px
Height
2110 px
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS1000D
Exposure
18 mm f/7.1 1/125 s ISO 100
Coordinates
59.2850, 116.5900
Tint
White
Submitted
2 March 2012
Taken
9 August 2010
Comments
Patomsky crater in Irkutsk Region of Eastern Siberia is a cone with a crater on its top and a little hill in the center of the crater. Maximal height is 39 m, horizontal dimensions 160x130m. It was discovered in 1949 by Russian geologist V. Kolpakov and for a long time the crater was related to impact structure. Later, V.Antipin supposed that it is a new nascent volcano. Nevertheless, neither meteoritic nor volcanic matter was found there. The crater consists of proterozoic limestone debris. So far there is no consensus among scientists regarding the origin of the Patomsky crater.