Ouarkziz crater

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Landsat image of the Ouarkziz crater; screen capture from NASA World Wind
Landsat image of the Ouarkziz crater; screen capture from NASA World Wind
Oblique Landsat image of Ouarkziz crater draped over digital elevation model (x2 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind
Oblique Landsat image of Ouarkziz crater draped over digital elevation model (x2 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

Ouarkziz (Arabic: أوركزيز) is a meteorite impact crater in Algeria. It is 3.5 kilometers in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 70 million years (Cretaceous or younger). The crater is exposed at the surface.

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Coordinates: 29°0′42″N, 7°33′8″W

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