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'''Lonar Lake''', also known as '''Lonar crater''', is a [[saline lake|saline]], [[soda lake]], located at [[Lonar]], 79 km from [[Buldhana|Buldhana city]] in [[Buldhana district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].
It is a notified [[National Geological Monument|National Geo-heritage Monument]]
Lonar Lake is in an [[impact crater|astrobleme]] created by a [[meteorite]] impact during the [[Pleistocene]] Epoch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Buldhana/gen_geology.html|title=Geology|work=[[Government of Maharashtra]]|publisher=Gazetteers Department|access-date=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Lonar Lake, Buldana District, Maharashtra |work= Geological Survey of India |url= http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529404&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |access-date= 8 September 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090727024820/http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529404&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |archive-date= 27 July 2009 |url-status= dead }}</ref> It is one of only four known hyper-velocity impact craters in [[basalt|basaltic rock]] anywhere on Earth. The other three basaltic impact structures are in southern [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Crósta |first1= A.P. |last2= Reimold |first2= W.U. |last3= Vasconcelos |first3= M.A.R. |last4= Hauser |first4= N. |last5= Oliveira |first5= G.J.G. |last6= Maziviero |first6= M.V. |last7= Góes |first7= A.M. |date= April 2019 |title= Impact cratering: The South American record – Part 1 |journal= Geochemistry |volume= 79 |issue= 1 |pages= 1–61 |doi= 10.1016/j.chemer.2018.06.001 |bibcode= 2019ChEG...79....1C |doi-access= |s2cid= 134656351 }}</ref> Lonar Lake has a mean diameter of {{convert|1.2|km|ft}} and is about {{convert|137|m|ft}} below the crater rim. The meteor crater rim is about {{convert|1.8|km|ft}} in diameter.<ref name=ng>{{cite news |last1= Deshpande |first1= Rashmi |title= The Meteor Mystery Behind Lonar Lake |agency= National Geographic Group |publisher= National Geographic Traveller India |date= 3 December 2014 |url= http://www.natgeotraveller.in/web-exclusive/web-exclusive-month/the-meteor-mystery-behind-lonar-lake/ |access-date= 27 July 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150106061220/http://www.natgeotraveller.in/web-exclusive/web-exclusive-month/the-meteor-mystery-behind-lonar-lake/ |archive-date= 6 January 2015 }}</ref>
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