Situated on the outskirts of Lonar town in Buldhana District, the Lonar Crater lake is the world’s third largest crater lake. It has its genesis nearly 50,000 years ago, when a two million-ton meteorite impacted the earth to create a depression 1.83 kilometers in diameter. Today, it attracts casual tourists as well as members of the scientific community from across the world. This crater is also home to hundreds of peafowl, chinkara and gazelles, which browse amongst the shrubs and bushes ringing the lake. Other residents include egrets, moor hens, herons, coots, white-necked storks, lapwings, grey wagtails, grebes, black droungos, green bee-eaters, tailorbirds, magpies and robins.
