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Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The crater is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.

See also

• List of impact structures in North America
• Geology of Saskatchewan

References

1. "Elbow crater". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2019-04-25.

External links

• Aerial exploration of the Elbow crater

50°59′N 106°43′W / 50.983°N 106.717°W / 50.983; -106.717

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