CRATER LOCATED in the BULDHANA district of Maharastra. The lake formed on this crater is Lonar Crater Lake.It was created 6000 YEARS ago by the collision of Earth and ASTEROID during the Pleistocene epoch. The mean diameter of the lake is 1.2 km.The water of the lake is saline and contains soda. The monitor lizard is found in this lake. The lake was mentioned in ancient scriptures and texts like Ain-i-Akbari and Skanda Purana,