Ice age crater discovered beneath Greenland glaciers- The Hindu
- Beneath a kilometer of snow and ice in northern Greenland,an asteroid impact crater bigger than the area of Paris is discovered.
- This is the first time crater of any size has been found under earth's ice sheets.
- It is more than 31km in diameter.
- The crater is well preserved because glaciers ice is an incredibly efficient erosive agent.
- This crater is over 3 million year old.
- This is first discovered in July 2015
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