Lonar Lake - Wikipedia
WEBLonar Lake, also known as Lonar crater, is a saline, soda lake, located at Lonar, 79 km from Buldhana city in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. It is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument. [2] [3] [4] Lonar Lake is in an astrobleme created by a meteorite impact during the Pleistocene Epoch.
Lonar Crater - EcoTourism
WEBThe Lonar Crater is the only crater in Basaltic rock formed by a meteorite impact in India ranking the 3rd biggest in the world. United states Geographic Survey in America, the Geological Society of India and Physical Research Laboratory of India have done a lot of research on this lake.
Visiting the Majestic Lonar Crater Lake - A Complete Guide - On …
WEBDec 9, 2023 · Nestled amongst the lush green forests of Buldhana district, Lonar crater is the world’s third largest natural crater formed by a meteorite hit nearly 50,000 years ago. This saltwater lake is a sight to behold with its clear blue-green waters set against the reddish-brown crater walls.
Lonar Crater, India - NASA Earth Observatory
WEBLonar Crater sits inside the Deccan Plateau—a massive plain of volcanic basalt rock leftover from eruptions some 65 million years ago. Its location in this basalt field suggested to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater.
Lonar crater
WEBLonar crater in Maharashtra state of India is one of the rare impact craters on Earth. It was fully formed in the basaltic target and resembles simple impact craters formed on basaltic surfaces of planets and moons. The seismic image using Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) brought out a complete shape and size of the damage zone in the sub ...
Lonar Impact Crater, India: the Best-Preserved Terrestrial
WEBNov 28, 2022 · Lonar Impact Crater is a simple meteorite impact crater carved out on the ~ 65 Ma old Deccan tholeiitic flood basalts. The crater, though scoured in a basaltic terrain, is still preserved in its most pristine form, with a central crater lake.
Lonar Crater: How Nature Changed Maharashtra's Landscape
WEBFeb 12, 2024 · Lonar lake (Maharashtra), the third-largest impact crater on earth, is full of things exclusive--super brackish water, unusual pebbles, unique algae...Read on to find out more
Lonar Impact Crater, India: the Best-Preserved Terrestrial ...
WEBNov 28, 2022 · Lonar Impact Crater is a simple meteorite impact crater carved out on the ~ 65 Ma old Deccan tholeiitic flood basalts. The crater, though scoured in a basaltic terrain, is still preserved in its most pristine form, with a central crater lake.
Lonar Lake – Buldhana, India - Atlas Obscura
WEBAug 10, 2017 · The collision formed Lonar Lake, the one of the largest, most unique basalt impact craters in the world. The oval-shaped crater, which has a circumference of about five miles at the top, is...
Geological Wonder as a Sacred Landscape: The Case of Lonar Crater
WEBThe highest concentration of temples at Lonar is in those that encircle the crater, thus making the crater central to all narratives associated with the temples. The most frequented temple site is the Dharatirtha, named after the perennial water spring that flows from here.