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Earth Impact Database Sorted by : | Age | Diameter | Name |

Impact Structures listed by Name

Current total number of confirmed impact structures: 176
Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Logitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
 Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
South Australia, Australia
S 32° 1'
E 135° 27'
90
~ 590
Y
N
C
Chondrite
Oklahoma, U.S.A.
N 36° 15'
W 98° 12'
16
470 ± 30
N
Y
M
-
Australia
S 20° 55'
E 134 ° 50'
~20
1640 - 600
Y
N
M
-
Algeria
N 26° 5'
E 4° 23'
0.45
< 0.1
Y
N
S
-
Chad, Africa
N 19° 6'
E 19° 15'
12.6
< 345
Y
N
S
-
Mauritania
N 20° 15'
W 12° 41'
0.39
3.0 ± 0.3
Y
N
S
Iron (IIIB, IIID?)
Brazil
S 16° 47'
W 52° 59'
40
244.40 ± 3.25
Y
N
M
-
Alaska, U.S.A.
N 71° 15'
W 156° 38'
12
3 - 95
N
Y
S
-
Libya
N 25° 19'
E 24° 20'
2
< 120
Y
N
S
-
Arizona, U.S.A.
N 35° 2'
W 111° 1'
1.186
0.049 ± 0.003
Y
Y
S
IAB
Montana, U.S.A.
N 44° 36'
W 113° 0'
60
~ 600
Y
N
M
-
Russia
N 71° 0'
E 121° 40'
8
40 ± 20
Y
N
S
-
Kazakhstan
N 48° 34'
E 82° 1'
8
5 ± 3
Y
Y
M
-
Ukraine
N 48° 45'
E 32° 10'
24
65.17 ± 0.64
N
Y
C
Chondrite?
Ghana
N 6° 30'
W 1° 25'
10.5
1.07
Y
N
C-Ms
L Chondrite
Northern Territory, Australia
S 22° 37'
E 135° 12'
0.17
.0540 ± 0.0015
Y
N
C
IIIAB
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 5'
W 78° 29'
3.8
396 ± 20*
N
Y
C
Chondrite
Michigan, USA
N 41° 50'
W 85° 57'
8.5
450 ± 10
N
Y
S
-
Argentina
S 27° 38'
W 61° 42'
0.05
< 0.004
Y
Y
M
Coarse Octahedrite to Granular Hexahedrite
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 58° 27'
W 109° 30'
39
115 ± 10
Y
Y
M
-
Quebec, Canada
N 47° 32'
W 70° 18'
54
342 ± 15*
Y
Y
M
-
Virginia, U.S.A.
N 37° 17'
W 76° 1'
90
35.3± 0.1
N
Y
M
Chondrite?
Yucatan, Mexico
N 21° 20'
W 89° 30'
170
64.98 ± 0.05
N
Y
M
CM2 Chondrite
Kazakhstan
N 49° 10'
E 57° 51'
5.5
46 ± 7
Y
Y
S
-
Russia
N 75° 42'
E 97° 48'
6
< 70
Y
Y
M
-
Quebec, Canada
N 56° 5'
W 74° 7'
26
290 ± 20
Y
Y
M
L Chondrite
Quebec, Canada
N 56° 13'
W 74° 30'
36
290 ± 20
Y
Y
M
-
Cloud Creek
Wyoming, U.S.A.
N 43° 7'
W 106° 45'
7
190 ± 30 Ma
N
Y
S
-
Connolly Basin
Western Australia, Australia
S 23° 32'
E 124° 45'
9
< 60
Y
N
S
-
Couture
Quebec, Canada
N 60° 8'
W 75° 20'
8
430 ± 25
Y
N
C
-
Crawford
Australia
S 34° 43'
E 139° 2'
8.5
> 35
Y
N
C-Ms
-
Missouri, U.S.A.
N 37° 50'
W 91° 23'
7
320 ± 80
Y
N
S
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 27° 38'
E 117° 17'
0.024
~ 0.27
Y
N
C
Stony Iron
Missouri, U.S.A.
N 37° 54'
W 92° 43'
6
< 300
Y
Y
M
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 56° 24'
W 102° 59'
13
99 ± 4
N
Y
C
-
Sweden
N 61° 48'
E 16° 48'
19
89.0 ± 2.7
Y
N
C
Stone
Illinois, U.S.A.
N 42° 3'
W 87° 52'
8
< 280
N
Y
S
-
India
N 25°18'
E 78 ° 8'
11
> 1700 < 2100
Y
N
M
 -
Latvia
N 56° 35'
E 23° 15'
4.5
290 ± 35
N
Y
S
-
Alberta, Canada
N 49° 42'
W 110° 30'
10
< 65
N
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 50° 59'
W 106° 43'
8
395 ± 25
N
Y
S
-
Russia
N 67° 30'
E 172° 5'
18
3.5 ± 0.5
Y
N
C
Achondrite?
Flaxman
Australia
S 34° 37'
E 139° 4'
10
> 35
Y
N
C-Ms
-
Tennessee, U.S.A.
N 36° 17'
W 85° 40'
3.8
360 ± 20
Y
Y
S
-
Northern Territory, Australia
S 16° 40'
E 136° 47'
6
> 545
Y
N
M
-
Norway
N 60° 39'
E 9° 0'
5
500 ± 10
Y
N
C
Chondrite
Illinois, U.S.A.
N 40° 36'
W 89° 47'
4
< 430
N
Y
S
-
Australia
S 23° 59'
E 121° 34'
~19
< 508
Y
N
M
-
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
N 43° 58'
W 89° 32'
8
< 500
Y
Y
S
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 18° 20'
E 126° 40'
5.1
< 50
Y
Y
S
-
Northern Territory, Australia
S 23° 49'
E 132° 19'
22
142.5 ± 0.8
Y
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 56° 27'
W 104° 29'
4
< 250
Y
N
C
Iron?
Northern Territory, Australia
S 13° 9'
E 135° 2'
3
< 1400
Y
N
S
-
Sweden
N 58° 25'
E 14° 56'
3
~ 470
N
Y
M
-
Russia
N 48° 26'
E 40° 32'
3
49.0 ± 0.2
N
Y
S
-
Chad, Africa
N 17° 25'
E 21° 45'
14
< 345
Y
N
S
-
Nunavut, Canada
N 75° 22'
W 89° 41'
23
39
Y
N
S
-
Kansas, U.S.A.
N 37° 35'
W 99° 10'
0.015
< 0.001
Y
N
S
Pallasite
Northern Territory, Australia
S 24° 34'
E 133° 8'
0.157
.0042 ± 0.0019
Y
N
S
IIIAB
Ontario, Canada
N 44° 28'
W 76° 38'
2.35
550 ± 100
N
Y
C
-
Quebec, Canada
N 50° 41'
W 73° 53'
4
< 300
Y
N
S
-
Estonia
N 57° 58'
E 27° 25'
0.08
> 0.002
Y
Y
S
-
Ukraine
N 49° 7'
E 29° 6'
8.5
378 ± 5*
N
Y
M
Iron?
Finland
N 62° 11'
E 27° 9'
3
> 1000
N
Y
S
-
Russia
N 61° 58'
E 30° 55'
14
700 ± 5
Y
N
C-Ms
-
Jebel Waqf as Suwwan
Jordan
N 31° 03'
E 36° 48'
5.5
56 - 37
Y
N
 S -
Estonia
N 58° 24'
E 22° 40'
0.11
0.004 ± 0.001
Y
N
S
IAB
South Africa
S 32° 43'
E 24° 34'
0.64
0.250 ± 0.050
Y
Y
S
Chondrite?
Russia
N 54° 30'
E 36° 12'
15
380 ± 5
N
Y
M
-
Russia
N 48° 21'
E 40° 30'
25
49.0 ± 0.2
N
Y
S
-
Russia
N 69° 6'
E 64° 9'
65
70.3 ± 2.2
N
Y
M
Chondrite?
Tajikistan
N 39° 1'
E 73° 27'
52
< 5
Y
N
C
-
Estonia
N 59° 1'
E 22° 46'
4
~ 455
N
Y
M
-
Finland
N 62° 13'
E 25° 15'
1.5
~230
Y
.
C
-
Russia
N 54° 55'
E 48° 2'
10
5 ± 1
Y
Y
S
-
Northern Territory, Australia
S 19° 56'
E 133° 57'
10
> 550
N
N
C-Ms
-
Indiana, U.S.A.
N 40° 45'
W 87° 24'
13
< 97
Y
Y
S
-
Finland
N 62° 8'
E 24° 36'
30
<1800
 Y N
C
-
Botswana
S 22° 29'
E 27° 35'
3.5
< 180
Y
Y
C
-
Russia
N 51° 42'
E 36° 0'
6
250 ± 80
N
Y
M
-
Quebec, Canada
N 57° 26'
W 66° 37'
8
400 ± 50
Y
N
C
-
Finland
N 63° 12'
E 23° 42'
23
73.3 ± 5.3
Y
Y
M
Chondrite
Queensland, Australia
S 18° 40'
E 138° 39'
18
> 515
Y
N
M
-
Northern Territory, Australia
S 12° 24'
E 134° 3'
1.6
150 ± 70
Y
N
S
-
Sweden
N 63° 0'
E 14° 49'
7.5
455
Y
Y
M
-
Russia
N 65° 31'
E 95° 56'
20
40 ± 20
N
N
M
-
Belarus
N 54° 12'
E 27° 48'
15
42.3 ± 1.1
N
Y
M
-
India
N 19° 58'
E 76° 31'
1.83
0.052 ± 0.006
Y
Y
C
-
Finland
N 60° 9'
E 20° 6'
9
~ 1000
N
Y
M
-
Russia
N 60° 6'
E 117° 35'
0.3
< 0.007
Y
N
S
Iron
Quebec, Canada
N 51° 23'
W 68° 42'
100
214 ± 1
Y
Y
M
-
Iowa, U.S.A.
N 42° 35'
W 94° 33'
35
74.1± 0.1
N
Y
M
Chondrite
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 49° 48'
W 109° 6'
6
< 75
N
Y
S
-
Texas, U.S.A.
N 31° 17'
W 96° 18'
12.7
58 ± 2
N
Y
S
-
Kentucky, U.S.A.
N 36° 37'
W 83° 44'
6
< 300
Y
Y
S
-
Sweden
N 56° 25'
E 14° 52'
9
121.0 ± 2.3
Y
Y
C
Stone?
Russia
N 58° 43'
E 28° 3'
2.5
300 ± 50
Y
Y
M
-
Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
N 55° 53'
W 63° 18'
28
36.4 ± 4*
Y
N
C
Iron?
Lithuania
N 54° 1'
E 23° 54'
5
500 ± 20
N
Y
C
-
Norway
N 73° 48'
E 29° 40'
40
142.0 ± 2.6
N
Y
S
Iron
Nova Scotia, Canada
N 42° 53'
W 64° 13'
45
50.50 ± 0.76
N
Y
S
-
Chile
S 23° 56'
W 68° 17'
0.46
< 1
Y
N
C
IAB
Poland
N 52° 29'
E 16° 54'
0.1
< 0.01
Y
N
S
Octahedrite fragments
South Africa
S 26° 28'
E 23° 32'
70
145.0 ± 0.8
N
Y
C
L Chondrite
South Australia, Australia
S 27° 57'
E 135° 22'
4
< 110
Y
N
S
-
Estonia
N 59° 20'
E 23° 40'
8
~ 470
N

S
-
Quebec, Canada
N 61° 17'
W 73° 40'
3.44
1.4 ± 0.1
Y
N
C
Chondrite (L?)
North Dakota, U.S.A.
N 48° 58'
W 101° 58'
3.2
< 500
N
Y
M
-
Northwest Territories, Canada
N 62° 40'
W 102° 41'
12.5
< 400
N
N
M
Achondrite
Libya
N 24° 35'
E 24° 24'
18
< 120
Y
N
S
-
Ukraine
N 49° 35'
E 32° 55'
20
169 ± 7
N
Y
M
Iron?
Texas, U.S.A.
N 31° 45'
W 102° 29'
0.168
< 0.05
Y
Y
S
IAB
Algeria
N 29° 0'
W 7° 33'
3.5
< 70
Y
N
S
-
Finland
N 62° 2'
E 29° 5'
10
< 1800
Y
Y
-
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 17° 32'
E 128° 25'
7
< 360
Y
N
S
-
Northwest Territories, Canada
N 60° 17'
W 111° 1'
6
445 ± 2
Y
N
C
-
Russia
N 71° 39'
E 111° 11'
100
35.7 ± 0.2
Y
Y
M
L Chondrite
Quebec, Canada
N 49° 43'
W 74° 48'
24
< 500
Y
N
C
-
Russia
N 56° 58'
E 43° 43'
80
167 ± 3
N
Y
M
-
Russia
N 58° 44'
E 61° 48'
9
46 ± 3
N
Y
M
-
North Dakota, U.S.A.
N 47° 36'
W 103° 33'
9
200 ± 25
N
Y
S
-
Brazil
S 7° 43'
W 46° 39'
4.5
< 200
Y
N
S
-
Germany
N 48° 53'
E 10° 37'
24
15.1 ± 0.1
Y
Y
M
Achondrite?
Argentina
S 32° 52'
W 64° 14'
1 by 4.5
< 0.1
Y
N
M
Chondrite (H)
France
N 45° 50'
E 0° 56'
23
214 ± 8
Y
N
C
Chondrite? Iron?
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
N 44° 43'
W 92° 14'
6
< 505

 

S
-
Namibia
S 27° 46'
E 16° 18'
2.5
3.7 ± 0.3
Y
N
C
Chondrite?
Ukraine
N 49° 0'
E 32° 0'
2.7
120 ± 10
N
Y
C
-
Finland
N 61° 24'
E 22° 24'
6
~ 560
Y
Y
M
Stony-iron?, Iron?
Saarijärvi
Finland
N 65° 17'
E 28° 23'
1.5
> 600
Y
C
-
Manitoba, Canada
N 51° 47'
W 98° 32'
40
220 ± 32
N
Y
M
-
New Mexico, U.S.A.
N 35° 45'
W 105° 56'
6-13
<1200
N
N
M
-
Ohio, U.S.A.
N 39° 2'
W 83° 24'
8
< 320
Y
Y
S
-
Brazil
S 8° 5'
W 46° 52'
12
< 300
Y
Y
S
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 25° 52'
E 120° 53'
30
1630 ± 5
Y
N
M
-
Kazakhstan
N 47° 12'
E 72° 42'
2.8
45 ± 10
Y
Y
C
-
Texas, U.S.A.
N 30° 36'
W 102° 55'
13
< 100
Y
Y
S
-
Russia
N 46° 7'
E 134° 40'
0.027
0.000059
Y
N
C
Hexahedrite
Sweden
N 61° 2'
E 14° 52'
52
376.8 ± 1.7
Y
Y
M
-
Ontario, Canada
N 48° 40'
W 87° 0'
30
~ 450
Y
N
C
-
Russia
N 46° 18'
E 137° 52'
0.053
< 0.001
Y
Y
M
Iron Meteoritic Material Found
Finland
N 63° 2'
E 21° 35'
6.6
~ 600
N
Y
C
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 16° 44'
E 126° 5'
13
> 570
Y
N
S
-
Alberta, Canada
N 59° 30'
W 117° 38'
25
91± 7*
N
Y
M
-
Germany
N 48° 41'
E 10° 4'
3.8
15 ± 1
Y
Y
S
-
Northern Territory, Australia
S 15° 12'
E 133° 35'
25
646 ± 42
Y
N
M
Achondrite
Russia
N 63° 7'
E 33° 23'
16
~ 2400
C-Ms
-
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 36'
W 81° 11'
250
1850 ± 3
Y
Y
C
-
Finland
N 62° 42'
E 28° 10'
4
< 1000
N
Y
C
-
Mongolia
N 44° 07'
E 109° 39'
1.3
150 ± 20
Y
N
C
-
Algeria
N 33° 19'
E 4° 2'
1.75
< 3
N
Y
S
-
Mauritania
N 22° 55'
W 10° 24'
1.9
0.0214 ± 0.0097
Y
N
M
-
Ukraine
N 48° 08'
E 33° 31'
11
280 ± 10
N
Y
C
Chondrite?
Algeria
N 27° 36'
E 5° 7'
6
< 70
Y
N
S
-
Queensland, Australia
S 27° 7'
E 142° 50'
55
128 ± 5
N
Y
M
-
South Africa
S 25° 24'
E 28° 5'
1.13
0.220 ± 0.052
Y
Y
C
Chondrite
Sweden
N 58° 46'
E 17° 25'
2
~ 455
N
Y
M
-
Utah, U.S.A.
N 38° 26'
W 109° 54'
10
< 170
Y
Y
S
-
Brazil
S 26° 50'
W 52° 7'
12
< 70
Y
N
M
-
Western Australia, Australia
S 22° 58'
E 125° 22'
0.08
< 1
Y
N
S
IIAB
Lithuania
N 55° 5'
E 24° 35'
8
> 160 ± 10
N
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 49° 35'
W 103° 4'
2.5
190 ± 20
N
Y
S
-
Brazil
S 25° 57'
W 52° 41'
9.5
< 65
Y
N
-
-
South Africa
S 27° 0'
E 27° 30'
300
2023 ± 4
Y
Y
M
Chondrite
Saudi Arabia
N 21° 30'
E 50° 28'
0.116
0.00014
Y
N
S
IIIAB Iron
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 45'
W 80° 45'
7.5
37.2 ± 1.2
N
N
C
Chondrite
Tennessee, U.S.A.
N 36° 23'
W 87° 40'
12
200 ± 100
Y
Y
S
-
Manitoba, Canada
N 49° 46'
W 95° 11'
2.44
351± 20
N
Y
C
-
Alabama, U.S.A.
N 32° 31'
W 86° 10'
6.5
81.0 ± 1.5
Y
Y
M
Chondrite?
Whitecourt
Alberta, Canada
N 54° 00'
W 115° 36'
0.036
<0.0011
Y
N
S
 IIIAB iron
Western Australia, Australia
S 19° 10'
E 127° 48'
0.875
< 0.3
Y
N
S
IIIAB
Australia
S 26° 3'
E 114° 39'
40
364 ± 8
N
Y
M
-
Western Australia
S 27° 10'
E 118° 50'
30.00
~ 2000
Y
N
C
-
Ukraine
N 49° 44'
E 29° 0'
3.2
165 ± 5
N
Y
C
-
Ukraine
N 48° 4'
E 32° 45'
3.5
80 ± 20
N
Y
C
-
Kazakhstan
N 48° 24'
E 60° 58'
14
0.9 ± 0.1
Y
Y
M
Chondrite (Iron?)

 

 

* 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)


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