Ilyinets is an
impact crater
An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
(
Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast (, ), also referred to as Vinnychchyna (), is an oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in central Ukraine. Its capital city, administrative center is Vinnytsia. The oblast has a population of
History
Vinnytsia Oblast, first established on ...
).
It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 378 ± 5 million years (Upper
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
). The crater is not exposed at the surface.
The Ilyinets crater is located at the boundary of
Rosynsko-
Tikychki,
Dnistersko-
Buzki megastructures of the
Ukrainian Shield
In geology, the Ukrainian Shield or the Ukrainian Crystalline Massif is the southwest shield of the East European craton. It has an area of about .
Іллінецький метеоритний кратер – виняткова геологічна споруда Європи та перспективний об’єкт міжнародного туризму
(p. 660)
References
External links
"Star wound" at Vinnitsia Region Portal
Impact craters of Ukraine
Devonian impact craters
Geography of Vinnytsia Oblast
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