The Patomskiy Crater

Written By Mister Gu on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | 3:16 PM


Located on a slope of Patomskiy upland in Irkutsk, Siberia, about 360 km from the district center Bodaibo, Patomskiy Crater is a crater made of shattered calcareous blocks. The mysterious crater was named Patomskiy after a nearby river and first discovered in 1949 by Vadim Kolpakov, a geologist. At that time, while on expedition, Kolpakov traveled deep into almost uncharted territory, the local
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