Mien (lake)

Crater Lake

The Mien is a circular crater in the southern Swedish Småland in the County of Kronoberg County.

It is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Tingsryd and has a diameter of 5.5 kilometers. It was created by a meteorite impact about 121 million years ago. It is believed that the initial impact crater was larger than the present lake and had a diameter of 9 kilometers.

After the lake, the asteroid ( 7706 ) Mien was named on 20 March 2000.

The Mien drained by the Mieån in the Baltic Sea.