Batagaika crater

Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater, 2016. NASA photo
Batagaika crater, 2016. NASA photo
Batagaika crater is located in Sakha Republic
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater
Location within the Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia
Batagaika crater is located in Russia
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater (Russia)
Batagaika crater is located in Asia
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater (Asia)
Coordinates: 67°34′48″N 134°46′17″E / 67.58°N 134.7714°E / 67.58; 134.7714

The Batagaika crater is a thermokarst depression in the Chersky Range area.[1] The biggest permafrost crater in the world,[2] it administratively belongs to the Sakha Republic, Russia,[1] and is in its Verkhoyansky District.

  1. ^ a b "200,000 year old soil found at mysterious crater, a 'gate to the subterranean world'". The Siberian Times.
  2. ^ "Batagaika Crater Expands". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2020-07-31.