Podlesie Duże, Lublin Voivodeship Explained

See also: Podlesie Duże, Masovian Voivodeship.

Podlesie Duże
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zamość
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Radecznica
Coordinates:50.7644°N 22.7783°W
Pushpin Map:Poland

Podlesie Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radecznica, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

Podlesie Structure

The village is located in a cuphole that has unusual features for the area - it is perfectly round, has a flat bottom and a narrow outlet. In 2004, a hypothesis emerged that it may be the remnant of a 4 km diameter meteorite crater created in the Neogene period. [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Czajka . Wiesław . 2004 . Struktura Podlesie — czy w Polsce znajduje się wielki krater uderzeniowy? . Przegląd Geologiczny . 52 . 3 . 229-232 . Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny.