385 km. from Nagpur via Yavatmal, Washim and Mehekar. 110 km. from Aurangabad city. The Lonar Crater was formed nearly 50,000 years ago, when a 2 million ton meteorite impacted the earth to create a depression 1.83 kilometers in diameter and 150 meters deep. Today, Lonar is an idyllic expanse of sky blue water amidst a sprawling emerald forest, which abounds in a wide variety of flora and founa.