Mishina Gora crater

58°43′N 28°3′E / 58.717°N 28.050°E / 58.717; 28.050Country RussiaStateNorthwestern Federal DistrictProvincePskov Oblast

Mishina Gora is an impact crater in European Russia, 180 kilometres southwest of St. Petersburg.[1] It is located in Pskov Oblast of the Northwestern Federal District.

It is 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) in diameter and has been dated at 300 ± 50 Ma,[1] dating to the beginning of the Permian Period. The crater is exposed at the surface, but is not easily distinguishable from overhead imagery.

References

  1. ^ a b "Earth Impact Database Mishina Gora: accessed 2012-06-16". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

Further reading

  • Shmayenok, A. I., Malakhovskiy, F. B., Explosion pipe near the southeast shore of Lake Chud' (in Russian). Vestnik Leningrad University, v. 24, pp. 97-107. 1974
  • Shmayenok, A. I., Tikhomirov, S. V., The Mishina Gora cryptoexplosion structure near Lake Chudskoye (Peipus) (in Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 219, pp. 701–703. 1974
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