Mien is a lake in southern
Sweden, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of
Tingsryd. The lake is formed within a
meteorite crater.
The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km (3.4-mi) diameter circular
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
(Lake Mien).
The original crater
rim is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion.
Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
).
References
External links
Google map of 50 largest craters
Impact craters of Sweden
Cretaceous impact craters
Lakes of Kronoberg County
Landforms of Kronoberg County
Impact crater lakes
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