Batagaika crater

Batagaika crater
Depression
Batagaika crater, 2016. NASA photo
Batagaika crater
Location within the Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater (Russia)
Batagaika crater
Batagaika crater (Asia)
Coordinates: 67°34′48″N 134°46′17″E / 67.58°N 134.7714°E / 67.58; 134.7714

The Batagaika crater (Russian: Батагайский кратер, romanized: Batagaysky krater) is a thermokarst depression in the Chersky Range area. The largest known permafrost crater in the world, it is within the Sakha Republic, Russia, in its Verkhoyansky District.

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