Метеоритное происхождение кратера было подтверждено в 80-х годах московской Комиссией по метеоритам и космической пыли СО АН СССР, возглавляемой Юло Кестлане из Эстонии.
This structure looks like a funnel (see the topography map) with a small lake in the center and is named by natives as "Yama Korchazhikha", its diameter - ca 200-300 m, coordinates: 52,183 N, 106,767 E. Not far from it (< 1 km), the second smaller funnel locates (d~20m) that has more clear and expressive section profile. Its cosmic and impact origin was confirmed by a special Moscow meteoritic commission headed by Dr. U. V. Kestlane of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in the 80-s, but for a long time those materials were fogotten. According to spoken message of U. V. Kestlane, the age of this structure can be supposed about 80-100 thousands years and its origin is purely of impact. His assumptions is based on the geomorphology of structure.
(from full paper of Djadkov P.G., Mikheeva A.V., Ivanova G.M., 2006)
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Разрез рельефа структуры "Яма Корчажиха", выполненный в системе EISC.
Представление нового каталога земных ударных структур, размещенного на сайте http://labmpg.sscc.ru/impact/. Каталог непрерывно обновляется и недавно туда внесена новая ударная структура Корчаж, расположенная вблизи Байкала
(Djadkov P.G., Mikheeva A.V., Ivanova G.M., 2006).