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LAKE LAPPAJÄRVI (lat. 63° 10′ N., long. 23° 40′ E.) is situated about 60 km east of Vaasa, about 200 km north-north-west of Helsinki (Fig. 1). The depression in which the lake is located is largely filled by deposits from the last glaciation.
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SVENSSON, NB. Lake Lappajärvi, Central Finland: a Possible Meteorite Impact Structure. Nature 217, 438 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217438a0
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