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Suavjärvi crater

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Location
  
Republic of Karelia

Basin countries
  
Russia

Width
  
3 km

Type
  
impact crater lake

Max. width
  
3 km (1.9 mi)

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Suavjärvi (in Karelian, Russian: Суавъярви) is a lake and impact crater in the Republic of Karelia, Russia about 50 km north of the town of Medvezhyegorsk. The approximately 3 km wide Suavjärvi lake is located in the centre of the crater.

Map of Suavj%C3%A4rvi crater, Republic of Karelia, Russia, 186333

The crater is 16 km in diameter and it is estimated to be about 2.4 billion (2.4 x 109) years old, placing it in the Archean–Proterozoic boundary. That makes it the oldest known impact crater on Earth. Not much of the crater has survived, although some shock features like large blocks composed of impact breccia have been found.

References

Suavjärvi crater Wikipedia