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Tor-kratern

A depression in the ground by the road south of Funäsdalen towards Tännäs, with signs. It was previously thought to be a meteorite impact.

Location: Tännäs.

A little history

According to a study from 1996, the impact occurred about 2,000 years ago. Later studies, from 2020 and 2025 at Lund University, reject the impact origin, and the shape may instead be an imprint from the ice edge in an ice-dammed lake.

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