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Coordinates: 22°55′5″N 10°24′27″W / 22.91806°N 10.40750°W / 22.91806; -10.40750
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*[http://www.saharamet.com/expedition/2003/crater.html Visit to crater]
*[http://www.saharamet.com/expedition/2003/crater.html Visit to crater]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&sll=20.055931,-10.195312&sspn=17.912773,33.442383&ie=UTF8&ll=22.9182,-10.406413&spn=0.034429,0.065317&t=h&z=15 Locate on Google Maps satellite view]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&sll=20.055931,-10.195312&sspn=17.912773,33.442383&ie=UTF8&ll=22.9182,-10.406413&spn=0.034429,0.065317&t=h&z=15 Locate on Google Maps satellite view]
*[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8536 Nasa - Image of the Day February 17, 2008]


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Revision as of 21:08, 15 January 2009

Landsat image of the Tenoumer crater; screen capture from NASA World Wind
Oblique Landsat image of Tenoumer crater draped over digital elevation model (x3 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

Tenoumer is a meteorite crater in Mauritania.

It is 1.9 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 21,400 ± 9,700 years placing it in the Pleistocene. The crater is exposed at the surface.

22°55′5″N 10°24′27″W / 22.91806°N 10.40750°W / 22.91806; -10.40750

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