Lonar crater

   

Lonar is a meteor crater in India.

Latitude: N19° 58' Longitude: E76° 31'

It is world's largest impact crater in basaltic rock and is located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra State. Lonar ranks 3 rd amongst the world’s five largest craters and has a saline water lake.

It is 1.83 km in diameter, 170 meter in depth and the age is estimated to be 52000 ± 6000 years.

Lonar crater is situated around 550 km from Mumbai, around 160 km from Aurangabad and around 140 km via Buldhana with about 4 1/2 hours drive southeast of the famous Ajanta Caves. The nearest railway station is Malkapur, on the Mumbai - Bhusawal - Nagpur route of Central Railways of Indian Rail around 100 km from Lonar.



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