Is there an ancient crater in Dartmoor National Park?

Discussion in 'Earth Science' started by Cifo, Oct 26, 2010.

  1. Cifo Day destroys the night, Registered Senior Member

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    The northeastern section of Dartmoor National Park appears to me as an old crater with a 12-mile diameter rim. River Dart runs along the south, and River Teign runs along the north. A few reservoirs appear just inside to the east and west, and the River Bovey seems to have eroded the southeast part of the rim — maybe the crater had partially filled with water and burst the rim there.

    The "crater rim" is most obvious to me at the 2-mile scale in Google maps with the terrain feature activated. I googled "Dartmoor National Park" crater and "Dartmoor National Park" volcano, but found nothing.

    Does anyone else "see" it?
     
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  3. ExplorerAtHeart Registered Member

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    Ask a geologist?
     
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  5. AlexG Like nailing Jello to a tree Valued Senior Member

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    Nothing round seems to stand out on the satellite imagry on google maps.
     
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