Messum Crater

Namibia / Erongo / Henties Bay /
 volcano, caldera, extinct volcano
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This crater in the Goboboseb Mountains belongs to one of the now inactive volcanoes of the Etendeka period, some 130 million years ago. It is not a meteorite impact crater.
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Coordinates:   21°25'5"S   14°12'30"E

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  • Most likely, yes
  • Isn't that just a former volcano?
  • quote wikipedia: Martin discovered the Messum crater in 1939,[4] the Namibian remainder of a gigantic volcanic eruption that happened before Africa and South America broke apart.[5] This eruption is thought to have been the single largest explosive volcanic eruption in Earth's history.[6] (see 'Henno Martins'
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