Lumparn
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| Lumparn | |
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| Lumpari | |
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| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Diameter | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
| Age | ~1000 Ma Proterozoic |
| Exposed | No |
| Drilled | Yes |
| Location | |
| Location | Fasta Åland |
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| Country |  Finland |
| Province | Åland |
| District | Åland |
| Municipality | Sund, Lumparland, Lemland & Jomala |
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Lumparn (Template:Langx) is a large bay devoid of islands in the main island of Åland, Finland, bordered by Sund to the north, Lumparland to the east, Lemland to the south and Jomala to the west.
Description
Most of the bay fills a nine kilometer wide impact structure. The structure is estimated to be about 1000 million years old (Proterozoic).[1] The depression was originally believed to be a rift. Extraterrestrial origin was first proposed in 1979, but not until 1993 was the impact structure finally confirmed. Long shatter cones have been discovered in the southwestern part of the bay. The remains of the crater are filled with sediments. Between Pleistocene sediments and crushed rapakivi granite bedrock there is a layer of Paleozoic (Ordovician) limestones. This makes Lumparn one of the few places in Finland where fossils have been found.
The bay has also previously been referred to as Lumpari[2] in some Finnish documents, though the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland does not list Lumpari as in current usage.[3]
Gallery
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See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lumparn". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ Lumpari World Water Features Database | WorldCityDB.com Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Svenska Ortnamn i Finland Script error: No such module "webarchive"., The Research Institute for the Languages of Finland, see "Lumparn"
External links
- Lumparn impact structure (archived link)
- Template:In lang The Landforms of Finland
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Svensson, N.-B. (1993). "Lumparn Bay: A Meteorite Impact Crater in the Aland Archipelago, Southwest Finland". Meteoritics. 28 (3): 445. Bibcode:1993Metic..28S.445S.
- Map of Lumparn
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