Lake Ramsar Wetland
Lonar Crater Lake
लोणार सरोवर
A National Geo-heritage Monument and Ramsar wetland located in Buldhana district of Maharashtra. Formed approximately 50,000 to 570,000 years ago by a high-velocity extraterrestrial meteorite impact into the Deccan basaltic bedrock, creating the only known hyper-velocity impact crater in basaltic rock on Earth.
Total Area1.13 sq km
ClassificationMeteorite Impact Crater Lake (Hyper-velocity impact in basalt)
Territorial Jurisdiction1 State / UTs
Riparian States, Districts & Connected Cities
States, revenue districts, and municipal cities traversed by or situated in the immediate watershed/basin of Lonar Crater Lake:
States & Union Territories (1)
Ecological Status & National Significance
Strategic Importance
Extremely rare saline-alkaline water chemistry harboring unique halo-alkaliphilic extremophile microbial ecosystems studied by planetary geologists comparing Mars analogues.