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Lappajärvi is a lake in Finland, in the municipalities of Lappajärvi, Alajärvi and Vimpeli.[1] It is formed in a 23 km (14 mi) wide, partly eroded meteorite impact crater.[2] The lake is part of Ähtävänjoki (Swedish: Esse å) basin together with Lake Evijärvi that is located downstream (north) of it.

Lake Lappajärvi
Lappajärvi is the largest lake near the lower right corner.
Lake Lappajärvi
LocationLappajärvi, Finland
Coordinates63°12′N 023°42′E
TypeImpact crater lake
Primary outflowsÄhtävänjoki
Basin countriesFinland
Surface area145.49 km2 (56.17 sq mi)[1]
Max. depth36 m (118 ft)
Surface elevation69.5 m (228 ft)[1]
Islands56 (Kärnä)
References[1]

The Lappajärvi impact structure is estimated to be 77.85 ± 0.78 million years old (Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous time period).[3] Experts working on Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear waste repository project have studied Lake Lappajärvi to help them project how Finnish landscapes might look one million years in the future and beyond.[4]

An island in the middle of the lake, Kärnänsaari (Kärnä Island), gives the name to the black impact melt rock (impactite) found there, locally called kärnäite.[5]

The towns on the shore are Lappajärvi and Vimpeli. Although not very near any, the nearest major city is Seinäjoki.

Earlier the lake was thought to have been an ancient volcano crater. In 1967, Swedish geologist Nils Bertil-Svensson examines kärnäite samples, and his article that Lappajärvi is a possible impact crater was published in Nature journal in February 1968.[6]




See also



References


  1. "Finnish lakes larger than 40 square kilometers". Finnish Environment Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
  2. "Lappajärvi". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  3. Kenny, G.G.; Schmieder, M.; Whitehouse, M.J.; Nemchin, A.A.; Morales, L.F.G.; Buchner, E.; Bellucci, J.J.; Snape, J.F. (2019). "A new U-Pb age for shock-recrystallised zircon from the Lappajärvi impact crater, Finland, and implications for the accurate dating of impact events". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 245: 479–494. Bibcode:2019GeCoA.245..479K. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.021. S2CID 133730451.
  4. Ialenti, Vincent (5 July 2016). "Craters & Mudrock: Tools for Imagining Distant Future Finlands". The Long Now Foundation.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Svensson, Nils-Bertil (February 1968). "Lake Lappajärvi, Central Finland: a Possible Meteorite Impact Structure". Nature. 217 (5127): 438. Bibcode:1968Natur.217Q.438S. doi:10.1038/217438a0. S2CID 4202217.



На других языках

[de] Lappajärvi (See)

Der Lappajärvi ist ein See im Westen Finnlands. Er liegt auf einer Höhe von 69,5 m über dem Meeresspiegel auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinden Lappajärvi, Vimpeli und Alajärvi.[1] Mit einer Fläche von 145,49 km² ist er der größte See der Landschaft Südösterbotten und steht in der Reihe der größten Seen Finnlands an 33. Stelle.[2]
- [en] Lake Lappajärvi

[es] Lago Lappajärvi

El lago Lappajärvi[1] (en finés: Lappajärvi) es un lago en Finlandia, en los municipios de Lappajärvi, Alajärvi y Vimpeli. Se formó en un joven astroblema (cráter formado por impacto de meteorito) erosionado de 23 km (14 millas) de ancho. El lago es parte de la cuenca Ähtävänjoki (en sueco: Esse å) junto con el lago Evijärvi que se encuentra aguas abajo (al norte) de la misma.

[fr] Lappajärvi (lac)

Le lac Lappajärvi est un grand lac de forme approximativement circulaire de 142 km2, résultant de l'impact d'une météorite il y a 77,85 ± 0,78 millions d'années[1].

[it] Lappajärvi (lago)

Lappajärvi è un lago finlandese appartenente al comune omonimo.

[ru] Лаппаярви (озеро)

Ла́ппая́рви[1][2] (фин. Lappajärvi) — крупнейшее кратерное озеро в Финляндии. Расположено в одноимённой общине Лаппаярви области Южная Остроботния.


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