Oasis crater


Oasis is a meteorite crater in Libya. The crater is exposed at the surface, and has been significantly eroded. The prominent topographic ring is only the central uplift, which is about in diameter, while the original crater rim is estimated to have been in diameter. The age is estimated to be less than 120 million years.
The Oasis crater was photographed from space during the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, and was recognized as a "possible astrobleme" at the time. The crater had been recognized prior to this in 1969 by A. J. Martin. French et al. state that Oasis crater and the smaller BP Structure, about to the north, were probably simultaneous impacts. Both impacts deform the Nubian Sandstone of early Cretaceous age.
About to the southeast in Egypt is the much younger Kamil Crater.