| Kara crater | |
|---|---|
 Kara crater | |
| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Diameter | 65 km (40 mi) |
| Age | 70.3 ± 2.2 Late Cretaceous |
| Exposed | No |
| Drilled | Yes |
| Bolide type | Chondrite |
| Location | |
| Location | Timan-Pechora Basin |
| Coordinates | 69°6′0″N64°9′0″E / 69.10000°N 64.15000°E /69.10000; 64.15000 |
| Country | Russia |
| State | Nenetsia |
  Location of the crater in Russia Show map of Nenets Autonomous Okrug.svg) Kara crater (European Russia) Show map of European Russia | |
Kara is ameteoritecrater in theYugorsky Peninsula,Nenetsia, Russia.[1]
Heavily eroded, it is presently 65 kilometres (40 mi) in diameter, though it is thought to be originally 120 kilometres (75 mi) before erosion. Its age is estimated to be 70.3 ± 2.2 million years old (Late Cretaceous).Impactite outcrops located on theBaydarata Gulf (Baydaratskaya) shore north-east of the crater imply that the original size of the crater could have been the 4th largest on Earth.[2] The crater is not exposed at the surface.
The Kara crater lies in the southeastern end of the Yugorsky Peninsula, while theUst-Kara site lies offshore, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the small Kara orKarskaya Guba inlet. It was formerly believed that these two sites were two separate craters and that they formed a twin impact structure from the LateCretaceous. However, it seems that the Ust-Kara site does not exist as a separate site. Apparently, thesuevite outcrops of the Ust-Kara impact structure are only a part of the Kara impact structure.[3][full citation needed]
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