A real Bronze Age impact crater, possibly remembered in folklore
Estonia has a meteorite crater young enough to be remembered. Around 1500 BC an iron meteorite broke up over the island of Saaremaa and blasted a 110-metre crater, now a round lake ringed by trees, plus eight smaller pits. It landed on inhabited land, and Estonian and Finnish folklore preserves what may be the memory: the Kalevala’s tale of the sun being stolen and fire falling from the sky. The crater is real, walkable and eerie. PUBLIC site, Saaremaa.
Kaali, Saaremaa (Estonia)
See it on the map
Other places on the map within a couple of hours of here.
