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Record No. MRB-2026-005969

Lake Bosumtwi - One of Earth's Best-Preserved Impact Crater Lakes

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Lake Bosumtwi
Ghana
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Ghana ( GH )
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Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana's only natural lake, fills a roughly 10.5-kilometer-wide crater formed by a meteorite impact about one million years ago. Scientists regard it as one of the best-preserved young meteorite impact craters on Earth.
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