Shiva crater
The Shiva crater is the claim by paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee and colleagues that the Bombay High and Surat Depression on the Indian continental shelf west of Mumbai, India represent a 500-kilometre (310 mi) impact crater, that formed around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Chatterjee and colleagues have claimed that this could have contributed to the K-Pg extinction event. Other scholars have questioned the claims, finding that there is no evidence of an impact structure.
| Shiva crater | |
|---|---|
Location of the proposed crater offshore India | |
| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | Dubious |
| Diameter | 500 km (310 mi) |
| Age | Claimed to be ~66 million years Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary |
| Exposed | No |
| Drilled | No |
| Location | |
| Location | Mumbai Offshore Basin |
| Coordinates | 18°40′N 70°14′E |
| Country | India |
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