Luizi crater | |
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Luizi impact structure | |
![]() Luizi impact crater in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
Impact crater/structure | |
Confidence | Confirmed |
Diameter | 17 km (11 mi) |
Age | <542 myr (basement rock age) |
Exposed | Yes |
Drilled | No |
Location | |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Province | Haut-Katanga Province |
Luizi is a meteorite impact structure that lies on the Kundelungu Plateau of Haut-Katanga province, in an underexplored region of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] The crater, ~17 kilometer in diameter, is visible from satellite imagery, and has been confirmed in 2011 by Ferrière et al. [2] as being caused by a large impact event. This complex meteorite impact crater is so far the only recognized one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and even in the whole Central Africa. [3]
The crater was initially described as a semi-circular basin by German geologist E. Grosse in 1919. [4]
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