Rotmistrivka crater

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| age = 120 ± 10 Ma

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Rotmistrivka is an impact crater in Ukraine (Cherkasy Oblast) which is located near the village Rotmistrivka of Smila district.

The crater is {{convert|2.7|km}} in diameter, with an age estimated at 120 ± 10 million years (Lower Cretaceous). It is not exposed to the surface, being buried beneath continental and marine sedimentary deposits. The crater contains a brecciated lens of granite fragments and particles of impact glass, overlain by shales, limestones and granite-derived sandstones of lower Cretaceous age.{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Rotmistrovka| accessdate = 2009-08-16}}

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Category:Impact craters of Ukraine

Category:Cretaceous impact craters

Category:Geography of Cherkasy Oblast

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