Gardnos crater

60.6498169Koordinaten: 60 ° 38 '59 "N, 9 ° 0' 0" E

Gardnos is incurred by a meteorite impact crater in the area of ​​Nesbyen in Hallingdal in Norway.

The diameter of the crater is 5 km. He was born when a meteorite struck with an estimated diameter of 200 to 300 meters, about 500 million years.

At first it was believed that if it were a structure of volcanic origin to Gardnos crater; in 1990 discovered two scientists that the crater was formed by a meteorite impact.