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Jeptha Knob impact crater

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Jeptha Knob is located in Kentucky

Jeptha Knob is the highest point in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. It is located on private property in Shelby County, Kentucky, about eight miles east of Shelbyville near the hamlet of Clay Village and rises some 300 ft (90 m) higher than the surrounding rolling farmland. The Kentucky historical marker at its base calls it a "cryptovolcanic structure", but it is now believed to be the result of an asteroid impact some 425 million years ago. There are four points in the area that contend for the highest point.[3] The location and elevation given here is that of a National Geodetic Survey benchmark.

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