BP Structure

The BP Structure, also known as Gebel Dalma, is an exposed impact crater in Libya. It is so called because it was identified by a BP (then British Petroleum) geological survey team.[1]

Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind

Oblique Landsat image of BP crater draped over digital elevation model (x5 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

The crater is 2 km in diameter and its age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous or later).