[meteorite-list] Unknown Meteor Crater Discovered in Greece ?

From: John Exarhou <john.exarhou_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:39:37 +0200
Message-ID: <2626ccf80811122339m44baaa59u57b9414f2772ec7d_at_mail.gmail.com>

Goodday to all,

Greek Oceanographers have discovered what they suspect to be a meteor
crater in the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The crater is 100 meters in
diameter and 50 meters in depth. It is located in an area between the
island of Evia and continental Greece. They say that the crater could
not have been caused by either volcanic or seismic activity in this
area. They mentioned that the crater was formed sometime in the Ice
Age when the specifigc area was not submerged and the water level was
150 lower than what it is today.

The scientists have not revealed the exact position of their find
since they want to protect its environment from overfishing. They say
that inside the crater they have discovered a vast variety of sea life
" a paradise of sea life" as they called it.

John Exarhou
Athens, GREECE

IMCA 1250
Received on Thu 13 Nov 2008 02:39:37 AM PST