Macha crater
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Macha (Russian: Мача) is a field of five meteorite craters located 685 kilometers (425 miles) northeast of Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic in Siberia, Russia,<ref name=macha>Template:Cite Earth Impact DB</ref> ranging from Template:Cvt in diameter.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The two largest craters form the pear-shaped Abram Lake while the remaining three are located to the north.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> They have been very well preserved.
The craters are the result of the fall of possible iron meteorites at approximately 5300 BCE (Holocene), which would give them an age of about 7,300 years.<ref name=macha/>
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- Cruzio crater list
- U. Wisc. Green Bay - Impact list
- Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth Template:Webarchive