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Kara-Kul impact crater, Tajikistan

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-cra08-00003

Date

2008-07-06

The mountain lake Kara-Kul, located in eastern Tajikistan, high in the Pamir Mountain Range near the Afghan border is a 25-kilometer (16-mile) diameter lake sitting at an elevation of about 4,000 meters (about 12,000 feet) above sea level. Kara-Kul was formed from a meteorite impact approximately 25 million years ago, leaving a crater with a rim diameter of 45 kilometers (28 miles). Islands formed from the central uplift can be seen in the northern and southern parts of the lake. Image taken from the International Space Station (ISS)on june 25 2003.