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This article says Lonar is near the only saltwater lake in the world. I was under the impression the Great Salt Lake in Utah was a saltwater lake. Petr-rofine 10:40, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is the only salt water lake in Basaltic rocks.[1]and the oldest crater lake in the world. But it is the third largest salt water lake in the world with a diameter of 1710 m and 137 m deep; the other two lakes are the Bosmatvi lake in Ghana with a diameter of 10,000 meter and the New Cubec lake in Canada with a Diameter of 3500 meter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nvvchar (talkcontribs) 14:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lonar Crater is about 50,000 years old. There are impact craters with lakes that are well over 1,000,000 years old. http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/10-greatest-major-impact-craters-on-earth/1403 New Cubec Crater/Lake is actually New Quebec Crater or Pingualuit crater which has the second purest water of any lake in the world. Jim1138 (talk) 06:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question about actual Lonar location

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The coordinates for Lonar (village) were placed kilometers off of the google map location. I googled "Lonar, India" and the point was shown to be south of a population area as seen on the satellite view. The google map name is "Lonai". Another mapping service showed Lonar to be east of google's location in an empty field. I adjusted the coordinates to be at a major intersection in the populated area. I did a number of searches, but could not find any more information on the location of Lonar. Anyone know if the coordinates 19°59′06″N 76°31′23″E / 19.98500°N 76.52306°E / 19.98500; 76.52306 is acceptable?

The coordinate reference for Lonar: Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Lonar rounds the coordinates to the nearest minute, which is outside of the populated area. Should the reference be changed or deleted?

I need to figure out how to adjust the zoom. Google zooms rather far out. Jim1138 (talk) 00:26, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]