What is Karakul (Tajikistan)?
[[File:Kara-kul lake.jpg|thumb|220px|the crater]] The '''Karakul crater''' is in [[Tajikistan]]. It left a {{cvt|25|km|mi}} diameter lake in a big {{cvt|52|km|mi}} [[impact crater]].<ref name=nasa>{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4537 |title=Kara-Kul Structure, Tajikistan |date=3 June 2004 |publisher=NASA Earth Observatory |access-date=2016-04-29 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184408/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4537 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=karakul>Earth Impact database, Karakul.</ref> The lake is higher than [[Lake Titicaca]]. The impact was about 25 million years ago, leaving a crater with a rim diameter of 45 kilometers (28 miles). == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Impact craters]] [[Category:Lakes of Asia]] [[Category:Geography of Tajikistan]] {{-}} {{asia-stub}}