Mien Lake
Water type: River
Basin: Miean River -> Baltic sea
Continent:
Europe
Climate:
Subpolar
Country:
Sweden
Mien is a lake in southern Sweden, 12 km southwest of the town of Tingsryd. The lake is formed within a meteorite crater.The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km diameter circular lake (Lake Mien). The original crater rim is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion. Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early Cretaceous).