It is approximately 500 to 530 metres (1,640 to 1,740 ft) in diameter,[2] approximately 65 m deep and the age is estimated to be less than 100,000 years and is probably Pleistocene. The crater is exposed at the surface.
The crater was discovered by Europeans in 1948[2] and the first scientific description was made by Jean-Phillippe Lefranc in 1969.
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Lambert, P., McHone, J.F. Jr., Dietz, R.S. and Houfani,M., Impact and impact-like structures in Algeria. Part I. Four bowl-shaped depressions. Meteoritics, v. 15, pp. 157–179. 1980
Lefranc, J. -P., Exploration of a meteorite crater at Amguid ( Mouydir, central Sahara). Academie des Sciences, Paris, Comptes Rendus, Serie D, v. 268, pp. 900–902. 1969
McHone, J. F. Jr., Lambert, P., Dietz, R.S. and Briedj,M., Impact structures in Algeria (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 15, pp. 331–332. 1980
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