Mien (lake)
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Mien is a lake in southern Sweden, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tingsryd. The lake lies within a meteorite crater.
The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km (3.4-mi) diameter circular lake (Lake Mien). The original crater rim is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion.<ref name=Astrom1998>Template:Cite journal</ref> Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early Cretaceous).<ref name="EIDb">Template:Cite Earth Impact DB</ref>