description Logoisk Overview
Logoisk is a buried meteorite impact crater near the city of Logoisk in Minsk Region, Belarus. Catalogues give it a diameter of 15 kilometres and an age of 42.3 ± 1.1 million years, placing the impact in the Eocene Epoch. Drilling and shock-related geological evidence, including shatter cones and mineral deformation, established its impact origin; the structure is not exposed at the surface. It is relevant to studies of Paleogene impacts and impact geology.
[Impact Earth](https://impact.uwo.ca/impact-craters/map/?crater_id=92) [Earth Impact Database](https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/interaction/lmdp/documents/EarthImpactDatabase_Part5A.pdf)
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Where is the Logoisk impact crater?
Logoisk is a buried meteorite impact crater near the city of Logoisk in Minsk Region, Belarus. Its structure is not an open surface crater.
How wide is the Logoisk crater?
Catalogues give Logoisk a diameter of about 15 kilometres. The crater is identified through underground geological evidence.
When did the Logoisk impact occur?
The estimated age is 42.3 plus or minus 1.1 million years. This places the impact in the Eocene Epoch.
What evidence supports the Logoisk crater's impact origin?
Drilling and shock-related geological evidence support the interpretation of Logoisk as a meteorite impact crater. The structure is buried near Logoisk in Belarus.
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