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Lonar
Maharashtra, India · Asia
About Lonar
Lonar sits on the route: 5 minutes from Pimpalkhuta.
Lonar is in Maharashtra, India, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Pimpalkhuta, about 4 km away.
Lonar is a town, just 79 km from Buldhana and municipal council in Buldhana district of Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is the headquarter of Lonar taluka and is located near Mehkar.
Lonar is famous for Lonar crater and Lonar Lake, which is located at 19°58′N 76°30′E. It is a meteoriteRead more
crater created in the Pleistocene Epoch. The crater contains salt water lake is 1.8 km in diameter and is about 137 m below the level of the crater rim. A small fresh water stream drains into the lake. Due to evaporite effects, the lake is mineral rich and salty and sodium and potassium salts are extracted from it.
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Lonar is in Maharashtra, India, about 4 km from Pimpalkhuta.
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- Population
- 23,416
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 19.9853, 76.5205
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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