Mjølnir crater
Template:Short description Template:Infobox terrestrial impact site Mjølnir is a meteorite crater on the floor of Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.[1] It is Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter and the age is estimated to be 142.0 ± 2.6 million years (Early Cretaceous). The bolide was an estimated Script error: No such module "convert". wide.
Etymology
Mjølnir is the name of Thor's mythological hammer. Giving the crater this name was presumably an allusion to the power of the weapon, which is often described as breaking and smashing rocks.
Description
In 2006, a group of Swedish geologists discovered indications of a tsunami flooding the Swedish southern coast at about 145 million years ago. It is speculated[2] to be associated with the Mjølnir impact, together with similar indications discovered in 2000 in France.
References
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External links
- Mjølnir at Earth Impact Database
- Mjølnir impact crater homepage - archived from the original on August 18, 2017.