Arkenu craters

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Landsat image of the Arkenryu craters; screen capture from NASA World Wind

The Arkenu craters are a pair of eroded impact craters in Libya. They are 10 km and 6.8 km in diameter, and lie about 70 km west of Jabal Arkanu. The craters are believed to have formed simultaneously as a double impact event less than 140 million years ago (Jurassic or younger). Both are exposed at the surface.^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Arkenryu 1". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/arkenu1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
^ "Arkenryu 2". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/arkenu2.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

Coordinates: 22°6′5″N 23°47′54″E / 22.10139°N 23.79833°E / 22.10139; 23.79833

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