Amguid is a meteorite crater located in the Central Sahara, Algeria. It is approximately in diameter and approximately 65 meters deep. Its age has been estimated to be less than 100,000 years and probably formed during the Pleistocene epoch making it relatively young.
The crater was discovered by Karpoff in 1948 by aircraft and the first scientific description was made by Jean-Phillippe Lefranc in 1969. It was then later studied more by Lambert and Lamali in 1980 and 2009. The crater is understudied as access to this crater is difficult being one of the hardest to access craters.
Morphology
thumb|left|200px|[[OrbView-3 satellite view of the crater]]
It is a well-preserved crater that is exposed at the surface. It is visible due to its location in the Sahara desert where it’s very arid and devoid vegetation cover. These factors make the crater pristine like other craters located in Algeria.