Where is Ullapool bolide impact?

Ullapool bolide impact is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.0500°, -5.3500°.

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Ullapool bolide impact

Ullapool bolide impact in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Ullapool bolide impact is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The Stac Fada Member is a distinctive layer towards the top of the Mesoproterozoic Bay of Stoer Formation, part of the Stoer Group (lowermost Torridonian Supergroup) in northwest Scotland. This rock unit is generally 10 to 15 metres (35 to 50 ft) thick and is made of sandstone that contains accretionary lapilli and many dark green glassy fragments of mafic composition. The member records evidence for an impact event in the near vicinity (likely in the Minch or near Lairg), dating to around 1 billion years ago. The name comes from a small promontory to the west of the village of Stoer, in Assynt, Sutherland (at 58.201°N 5.349°W / 58.201; -5.349 (Stac Fada)).

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The Stac Fada Member is an impactite consisting of a mixture of suevite and clast poor impact melt rocks. At the Stoer peninsula, the basal part of the unit contains large clasts of sandstone within a matrix of melt rocks. At the same locality, lenses of accretionary lapilli are developed in the uppermost part of the unit, although these are better developed at Enard Bay. The thickness of the unit is quite variable, although it generally lies in the range 10–15 metres.

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