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Lonar is a World famous place for the Salt water lake of size of 1.8 km diameter, created by the impact of meteor some 50000 years ago. Lonar town gets its name from this lake. This is a municipal council in Buldhana district of the division of Buldhana of the region of Vidarbha in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This is 1.8 km in diameter & almost like a perfect circle. The depth is almost 200 feet. It is a taluka of the district of Buldhana and is located near Mehkar. It is known for Lonar crater and Lonar Lake, which is located at . This such an important place doesn't get the due recognition & due numbers of visitors, due to sheer negligence. There is a 12-inch sweet water stream, which got into surface after this impact, keeps pouring the water into lake. Lake still remains as sultry as Sea water. | image_skyline = Lonar crater.jpg Lonar is situated around 360 km from Nagpur, around 100 km from Buldhana, around 100 km from Akola, 550 km from Mumbai, around 160 km from Aurangabad and around 140 km southeast of the Ajanta Caves, about 4½ hours drive via Buldhana.〔http://www.theindia.info/travel/lonarcrater.htm〕 ==Geography== Lonar is located at .〔(Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Lonar )〕 It has an average elevation of 563 metres (1847 feet). Lonar Lake is a saltwater lake at Lonar in Buldana district, Maharashtra, India, which was created by a meteor hitting the Earth during the Pleistocene Epoch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lonar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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