http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ mirrored file For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Earth Impact Database Sorted by : | Age | Diameter | Name | *Impact Structures listed by Diameter (Increasing) *Current total number of confirmed impact structures: 176* *To view list of decreasing diameters click here .* * Crater Name/ Location/ Latitude/ Longitude/ Diameter (km) Age (Ma)*/ Exposed/ Drilled/ Target Rock**/ Bolide Type*** Haviland Kansas, U.S.A. N 37° 35' W 99° 10' 0.015 < 0.001 Y N S Pallasite Dalgaranga Western Australia, Australia S 27° 38' E 117° 17' 0.024 ~ 0.27 Y N C Stony Iron Sikhote Alin Russia N 46° 7' E 134° 40' 0.027 0.000059 Y N C Hexahedrite Whitecourt Alberta, Canada N 54° 00' W 115° 36' 0.036 <0.0011 Y N S IIIAB iron Campo Del Cielo Argentina S 27° 38' W 61° 42' 0.05 < 0.004 Y Y M Coarse Octahedrite to granular Hexahedrite Sobolev Russia N 46° 18' E 137° 52' 0.053 < 0.001 Y Y M Iron Meteoritic Material Found Veevers Western Australia, Australia S 22° 58' E 125° 22' 0.08 < 1 Y N S IIAB Ilumetsä Estonia N 57° 58' E 27° 25' 0.08 > 0.002 Y Y S - Morasko Poland N 52° 29' E 16° 54' 0.1 < 0.01 Y N S Octahedrite fragments Kaalijärv Estonia N 58° 24' E 22° 40' 0.11 0.004 ± 0.001 Y N S IAB Wabar Saudi Arabia N 21° 30' E 50° 28' 0.116 0.00014 Y N S IIIAB Henbury Northern Territory, Australia S 24° 34' E 133° 8' 0.157 .0042 ± 0.0019 Y N S IIIAB Odessa Texas, U.S.A. N 31° 45' W 102° 29' 0.168 < 0.05 Y Y S IAB Boxhole Northern Territory, Australia S 22° 37' E 135° 12' 0.17 .0540 ± 0.0015 Y N C IIIAB Macha Russia N 60° 6' E 117° 35' 0.3 < 0.007 Y N S Iron Aouelloul Mauritania N 20° 15' W 12° 41' 0.39 3.0 ± 0.3 Y N S Iron (IIIB,IIID?) Amguid Algeria N 26° 5' E 4° 23' 0.45 < 0.1 Y N S - Monturaqui Chile S 23° 56' W 68° 17' 0.46 < 1 Y N C IAB Kalkkop South Africa S 32° 43' E 24° 34' 0.64 0.250 ± 0.050 Y Y S - Wolfe Creek Western Australia, Australia S 19° 10' E 127° 48' 0.875 < 0.3 Y N S IIIAB Tswaing (formerly Pretoria Saltpan) South Africa S 25° 24' E 28° 5' 1.13 0.220 ± 0.052 Y Y C Chondrite Barringer Arizona, U.S.A. N 35° 2' W 111° 1' 1.186 0.049 ± 0.003 Y Y S IAB Tabun-Khara-Obo Mongolia N 44° 07' E 109° 39' 1.3 150 ± 20 Y N C - Saarijärvi Finland N 65° 17' E 28° 23' 1.5 > 600 Y C - Karikkoselkä Finland N 62° 13' E 25° 15' 1.5 ~230 Y C - Liverpool Northern Territory, Australia S 12° 24' E 134° 3' 1.6 150 ± 70 Y N S - Talemzane Algeria N 33° 19' E 4° 2' 1.75 < 3 N Y S - Lonar India N 19° 58' E 76° 31' 1.83 0.052 ± 0.006 Y Y C - Tenoumer Mauritania N 22° 55' W 10° 24' 1.9 0.0214 ± 0.0097 Y N M - B.P. Structure Libya N 25° 19' E 24° 20' 2 < 120 Y N S - Tvären Sweden N 58° 46' E 17° 25' 2 ~ 455 N Y M - Holleford Ontario, Canada N 44° 28' W 76° 38' 2.35 550 ± 100 N Y C - West Hawk Manitoba, Canada N 49° 46' W 95° 11' 2.44 351± 20 N Y C - Roter Kamm Namibia S 27° 46' E 16° 18' 2.5 3.7 ± 0.3 Y N C - Mishina Gora Russia N 58° 43' E 28° 3' 2.5 300 ± 50 Y Y M - Viewfield Saskatchewan, Canada N 49° 35' W 103° 4' 2.5 190 ± 20 N Y S - Rotmistrovka Ukraine N 49° 0' E 32° 0' 2.7 120 ± 10 N Y C - Shunak Kazakhstan N 47° 12' E 72° 42' 2.8 45 ± 10 Y Y C - Goyder Northern Territory, Australia S 13° 9' E 135° 2' 3 < 1400 Y N S - Iso-Naakkima Finland N 62° 11' E 27° 9' 3 > 1000 N Y S - Gusev Russia N 48° 26' E 40° 32' 3 49.0 ± 0.2 N Y S - Granby Sweden N 58° 25' E 14° 56' 3 ~ 470 N Y M - Zapadnaya Ukraine N 49° 44' E 29° 0' 3.2 165 ± 5 N Y C - Newporte North Dakota, U.S.A. N 48° 58' W 101° 58' 3.2 < 500 N Y M - New Quebec Quebec, Canada N 61° 17' W 73° 40' 3.44 1.4 ± 0.1 Y N C Chondrite (L?) Zeleny Gai Ukraine N 48° 4' E 32° 45' 3.5 80 ± 20 N Y C - Kgagodi Botswana S 22° 29' E 27° 35' 3.5 < 180 Y Y C - Ouarkziz Algeria N 29° 0' W 7° 33' 3.5 < 70 Y N S - Flynn Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. N 36° 17' W 85° 40' 3.8 360 ± 20 Y Y S - Steinheim Germany N 48° 41' E 10° 4' 3.8 15 ± 1 Y Y S - Brent Ontario, Canada N 46° 5' W 78° 29' 3.8 396 ± 20* N Y C Chondrite Mount Toondina South Australia, Australia S 27° 57' E 135° 22' 4 < 110 Y N S - Suvasvesi N Finland N 62° 42' E 28° 10' 4 < 1000 N Y C - Glasford Illinois, U.S.A. N 40° 36' W 89° 47' 4 < 430 N Y S - Gow Saskatchewan, Canada N 56° 27' W 104° 29' 4 < 250 Y N C Iron? Ile Rouleau Quebec, Canada N 50° 41' W 73° 53' 4 < 300 Y N S - Kärdla Estonia N 59° 1' E 22° 46' 4 ~ 455 N Y M - Riachao Ring Brazil S 7° 43' W 46° 39' 4.5 < 200 Y N S - Rio Cuarto Argentina S 32° 52' W 64° 14' 4.5 < 0.1 Y N M Chondrite (H) Dobele Latvia N 56° 35' E 23° 15' 4.5 290 ± 35 N Y S - Mizarai Lithuania N 54° 1' E 23° 54' 5 500 ± 20 N Y C - Gardnos Norway N 60° 39' E 9° 0' 5 500 ± 10 Y N C Chondrite Goat Paddock Western Australia, Australia S 18° 20' E 126° 40' 5.1 < 50 Y Y S - Chiyli Kazakhstan N 49° 10' E 57° 51' 5.5 46 ± 7 Y Y S - Jebel Waqf as Suwwan Jordan N 31° 03' E 36° 48' 5.5 56 - 37 Y N S - Santa Fe New Mexico, U.S.A. N 35° 45' W 105° 56' 6-13 <1200 N N M - Foelsche Northern Territory, Australia S 16° 40' E 136° 47' 6 > 545 Y N M - Tin Bider Algeria N 27° 36' E 5° 7' 6 < 70 Y N S - Middlesboro Kentucky, U.S.A. N 36° 37' W 83° 44' 6 < 300 Y Y S - Maple Creek Saskatchewan, Canada N 49° 48' W 109° 6' 6 < 75 N Y S - Kursk Russia N 51° 42' E 36° 0' 6 250 ± 80 N Y M - Chukcha Russia N 75° 42' E 97° 48' 6 < 70 Y Y M - Decaturville Missouri, U.S.A. N 37° 54' W 92° 43' 6 < 300 Y Y M - Sääksjärvi Finland N 61° 24' E 22° 24' 6 ~ 560 Y Y M Stony-iron? Rock Elm Wisconsin, U.S.A. N 44° 43' W 92° 14' 6 < 505 S - Pilot Northwest Territories, Canada N 60° 17' W 111° 1' 6 445 ± 2 Y N C - Wetumpka Alabama, U.S.A. N 32° 31' W 86° 10' 6.5 81.0 ± 1.5 Y Y M - Söderfjärden Finland N 63° 2' E 21° 35' 6.6 ~ 600 N Y C - Cloud Creek Wyoming, U.S.A. N 43° 7' W 106° 45' 7 190 ± 30 Ma N Y S - Crooked Creek Missouri, U.S.A. N 37° 50' W 91° 23' 7 320 ± 80 Y N S - Piccaninny Western Australia, Australia S 17° 32' E 128° 25' 7 < 360 Y N S - Lockne Sweden N 63° 0' E 14° 49' 7.5 455 Y Y M - Wanapitei Ontario, Canada N 46° 45' W 80° 45' 7.5 37.2 ± 1.2 N N C Chondrite Couture Quebec, Canada N 60° 8' W 75° 20' 8 430 ± 25 Y N C - Serpent Mound Ohio, U.S.A. N 39° 2' W 83° 24' 8 < 320 Y Y S - Des Plaines Illinois, U.S.A. N 42° 3' W 87° 52' 8 < 280 N Y S - Beyenchime-Salaatin Russia N 71° 0' E 121° 40' 8 40 ± 20 Y N S - Vepriai Lithuania N 55° 5' E 24° 35' 8 > 160 ± 10 N Y S - Neugrund Estonia N 59° 20' E 23° 40' 8 ~ 470 N S - La Moinerie Quebec, Canada N 57° 26' W 66° 37' 8 400 ± 50 Y N C - Elbow Saskatchewan, Canada N 50° 59' W 106° 43' 8 395 ± 25 N Y S - Bigach Kazakhstan N 48° 34' E 82° 1' 8 5 ± 3 Y Y M - Glover Bluff Wisconsin, U.S.A. N 43° 58' W 89° 32' 8 < 500 Y Y S - Crawford Australia S 34° 43' E 139° 2' 8.5 > 35 Y N C-Ms - Calvin Michigan, USA N 41° 50' W 85° 57' 8.5 450 ± 10 N Y S - Ilyinets Ukraine N 49° 7' E 29° 6' 8.5 378 ± 5* N Y M Iron? Connolly Basin Western Australia, Australia S 23° 32' E 124° 45' 9 < 60 Y N S - Mien Sweden N 56° 25' E 14° 52' 9 121.0 ± 2.3 Y Y C Stone? Red Wing North Dakota, U.S.A. N 47° 36' W 103° 33' 9 200 ± 25 N Y S - Ragozinka Russia N 58° 44' E 61° 48' 9 46 ± 3 N Y M - Lumparn Finland N 60° 9' E 20° 6' 9 ~ 1000 N Y M - Vista Alegre Brazil S 25° 57' W 52° 41' 9.5 < 65 Y N - - Flaxman Australia S 34° 37' E 139° 4' 10 > 35 Y N C-Ms - Paasselkä Finland N 62° 2' E 29° 5' 10 < 1800 Y Y - - Upheaval Dome Utah, U.S.A. N 38° 26' W 109° 54' 10 < 170 Y Y S - Eagle Butte Alberta, Canada N 49° 42' W 110° 30' 10 < 65 N Y S - Karla Russia N 54° 55' E 48° 2' 10 5 ± 1 Y Y S - Kelly West Northern Territory, Australia S 19° 56' E 133° 57' 10 > 550 N N C-Ms - Bosumtwi Ghana N 6° 30' W 1° 25' 10.5 1.07 Y N C-Ms Chondrite? Iron? Dhala India N 25°18' E 78 ° 8' 11 > 1700 < 2100 Y N M - Ternovka Ukraine N 48° 08' E 33° 31' 11 280 ± 10 N Y C Chondrite? Wells Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. N 36° 23' W 87° 40' 12 200 ± 100 Y Y S - Avak Alaska, U.S.A. N 71° 15' W 156° 38' 12 3 - 95 N Y S - Serra da Cangalha Brazil S 8° 5' W 46° 52' 12 < 300 Y Y S - Vargeao Dome Brazil S 26° 50' W 52° 7' 12 < 70 Y N M - Nicholson Northwest Territories, Canada N 62° 40' W 102° 41' 12.5 < 400 N N M Achondrite Aorounga Chad, Africa N 19° 6' E 19° 15' 12.6 < 345 Y N S - Marquez Texas, U.S.A. N 31° 17' W 96° 18' 12.7 58 ± 2 N Y S - Kentland Indiana, U.S.A. N 40° 45' W 87° 24' 13 < 97 Y Y S - Deep Bay Saskatchewan, Canada N 56° 24' W 102° 59' 13 99 ± 4 N Y C - Sierra Madera Texas, U.S.A. N 30° 36' W 102° 55' 13 < 100 Y Y S - Spider Western Australia, Australia S 16° 44' E 126° 5' 13 > 570 Y N S - Gweni-Fada Chad, Africa N 17° 25' E 21° 45' 14 < 345 Y N S - Zhamanshin Kazakhstan N 48° 24' E 60° 58' 14 0.9 ± 0.1 Y Y M Chondrite (Iron? Jänisjärvi Russia N 61° 58' E 30° 55' 14 700 ± 5 Y N C-Ms - Logoisk Belarus N 54° 12' E 27° 48' 15 42.3 ± 1.1 N Y M - Kaluga Russia N 54° 30' E 36° 12' 15 380 ± 5 N Y M - Ames Oklahoma, U.S.A. N 36° 15' W 98° 12' 16 470 ± 30 N Y M - Suavjärvi Russia N 63° 7' E 33° 23' 16 ~ 2400 C-Ms - Oasis Libya N 24° 35' E 24° 24' 18 < 120 Y N S - Lawn Hill Queensland, Australia S 18° 40' E 138° 39' 18 > 515 Y N M - El'gygytgyn Russia N 67° 30' E 172° 5' 18 3.5 ± 0.5 Y N C Achondrite? Glikson Australia S 23° 59' E 121° 34' ~19 < 508 Y N M - Dellen Sweden N 61° 48' E 16° 48' 19 89.0 ± 2.7 Y N C Stone? Amelia Creek Australia S 20° 55' E 134 ° 50' ~20 1640 - 600 Y N M - Obolon' Ukraine N 49° 35' E 32° 55' 20 169 ± 7 N Y M - Logancha Russia N 65° 31' E 95° 56' 20 40 ± 20 N N M - Gosses Bluff Northern Territory, Australia S 23° 49' E 132° 19' 22 142.5 ± 0.8 Y Y S - Rochechouart France N 45° 50' E 0° 56' 23 214 ± 8 Y N C Chondrite? Iron? Lappajärvi Finland N 63° 12' E 23° 42' 23 73.3 ± 5.3 Y Y M Chondrite Haughton Nunavut, Canada N 75° 22' W 89° 41' 23 39 Y N S - Ries Germany N 48° 53' E 10° 37' 24 15.1 ± 0.1 Y Y M Achondrite? Boltysh Ukraine N 48° 45' E 32° 10' 24 65.17 ± 0.64 N Y C Chondrite? Presqu'ile Quebec, Canada N 49° 43' W 74° 48' 24 < 500 Y N C - Kamensk Russia N 48° 21' E 40° 30' 25 49.0 ± 0.2 N Y S - Strangways Northern Territory, Australia S 15° 12' E 133° 35' 25 646 ± 42 Y N M Achondrite Steen River Alberta, Canada N 59° 30' W 117° 38' 25 91± 7* N Y M - Clearwater East Quebec, Canada N 56° 5' W 74° 7' 26 290 ± 20 Y Y M Chondrite Mistastin Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada N 55° 53' W 63° 18' 28 36.4 ± 4* Y N C Iron? Keurusselkä Finland N 62° 8' E 24° 36' ~30 <1800 Y N C - Shoemaker (formerly Teague) Western Australia, Australia S 25° 52' E 120° 53' 30 1630 ± 5 Y N M - Slate Islands Ontario, Canada N 48° 40' W 87° 0' 30 ~ 450 Y N C - Yarrabubba Western Australia S 27° 10' E 118° 50' 30 ~ 2000 Y N C - Manson Iowa, U.S.A. N 42° 35' W 94° 33' 35 74.1± 0.1 N Y M Chondrite Clearwater West Quebec, Canada N 56° 13' W 74° 30' 36 290 ± 20 Y Y M - Carswell Saskatchewan, Canada N 58° 27' W 109° 30' 39 115 ± 10 Y Y M - Saint Martin Manitoba, Canada N 51° 47' W 98° 32' 40 220 ± 32 N Y M - Mjølnir Norway N 73° 48' E 29° 40' 40 142.0 ± 2.6 N Y S - Woodleigh Australia S 26° 3' E 114° 39' 40 364 ± 8 N Y M - Araguainha Brazil S 16° 47' W 52° 59' 40 244.40 ± 3.25 Y N M - Montagnais Nova Scotia, Canada N 42° 53' W 64° 13' 45 50.50 ± 0.76 N Y S - Kara-Kul Tajikistan N 39° 1' E 73° 27' 52 < 5 Y N C - Siljan Sweden N 61° 2' E 14° 52' 52 376.8 ± 1.7 Y Y M - Charlevoix Quebec, Canada N 47° 32' W 70° 18' 54 342 ± 15* Y Y M - Tookoonooka Queensland, Australia S 27° 7' E 142° 50' 55 128 ± 5 N Y M - Beaverhead Montana, U.S.A. N 44° 36' W 113° 0' 60 ~ 600 Y N M - Kara Russia N 69° 6' E 64° 9' 65 70.3 ± 2.2 N Y M Chondrite? Morokweng South Africa S 26° 28' E 23° 32' 70 145.0 ± 0.8 N Y C Chondrite Puchezh-Katunki Russia N 56° 58' E 43° 43' 80 167 ± 3 N Y M - Chesapeake Bay Virginia, U.S.A. N 37° 17' W 76° 1' 90 35.3 ± 0.1 N Y M - Acraman South Australia, Australia S 32° 1' E 135° 27' 90 ~ 590 Y N C Chondrite Manicouagan Quebec, Canada N 51° 23' W 68° 42' 100 214 ± 1 Y Y M - Popigai Russia N 71° 39' E 111° 11' 100 35.7 ± 0.2 Y Y M Chondrite Chicxulub Yucatan, Mexico N 21° 20' W 89° 30' 170 64.98 ± 0.05 N Y M Chondrite Sudbury Ontario, Canada N 46° 36' W 81° 11' 250 1850 ± 3 Y Y C - Vredefort South Africa S 27° 0' E 27° 30' 300 2023 ± 4 Y Y M Chondrite * pre-1977 K-Ar, Ar-Ar and Rb-Sr ages recalculated using the decay constants of Steiger and Jager (1977) Ages in millions of years (Ma) before present. ** Abbreviations: C - Crystalline Target; C-Ms - Metasedimetary Target; M - Mixed Target (i.e.sedimentary strata overlying crystalline basement); S - sedimentary target (i.e. no crystalline rocks affected by the impact event). From Osinski. G. R., Spray J. G., and Grieve R. A. F. 2007. Impact melting in sedimentary target rocks: A synthesis. In /The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Geological Society of America Special Paper./ Editors: Evans K. Horton W., King D., Morrow J., and Warme J. Geological Society of America: Boulder, in press. *** From Koeberl,C. /Identification of meteoritic components in impactites/. 1998, Koeberl, C. /The Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of Impacts./ 2007 and PASSC Files. (IAB, IIIAB, IIIB, IIID - Iron Meteorite) *| Africa | Asia | Australia | Europe | North America | South America | * *Earth Impact Database Sorted by : | Age | Diameter | Name |* *Impact Cratering Essay Earth Impact Database Frequently Asked Questions * * PASSC Director: John Spray * Data Manager *Last updated January 30, 2009 Site developed and maintained by Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Queries to: passc at unb.ca *