Tenoumer Crater is a confirmed crater deep in the Sahara Desert. It is a near-perfect circular crater. The diameter of the crater is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) with a depth of 100 meters (330 feet). According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, the origins of the crater have long been debated among geologists. However, … Read more
The Nordlinger Ries is an impact crater located north of Danube in the Donau-Ries district. It is a significant circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Wurttemberg. The depression of the impact crater has a town in it about 3.7 miles (6 km) southwest of the crater center. The full impact crater … Read more
Roter Kamm Crater is a meteorite crater also known as Red Ridge. It is located in Sperrgebiet within the Namib Desert approximately 7.5 miles (12 km) southwest of Aurus Mountain and 50 miles (80 km) north of Oranjemund in the IIKaras Region. The diameter of the crater is 1.6 miles (2.5 km) … Read more
Tswaing Crater is an impact crater in South Africa accompanied by a museum. It is located 40 km northwest of Pretoria. The diameter of the crater is 0.70 miles (1.13 km) and 100 meters (330 feet) deep. Tswaing Crater’s estimated age is approximately 220,000 years old during the Pleistocene period. The meteorite … Read more
The Pingualuit Crater is formerly known as Chubb Crater and New Quebec Crater. It is relatively a younger impact crater located on the Ungava Peninsula in the administrative region of Nord-du-Quebec, in Quebec, Canada. The diameter of the Pingualuit Crater is 2.14 miles (3.44 km). It is estimated to be 1.4 million … Read more
Kaali Crater Field is not one but a group of nine meteorite craters. It is located in the town of Kaali on the Estonian Island of Saaremaa which is 11 miles away from the island capital. The impact crater site consists of one large crater along with 8 smaller craters. The formation … Read more
Gosses Bluff, also known as Gosse’s Bluff is thought to be the eroded remnant of an impact crater. The Western Arrernte people of the impact crater’s surrounding regions call it Tnorala. Gosses Bluff is located in the southern Northern Territory near central Australia. It is approximately 109 miles (175 km) west of … Read more
Australian Aborigines had long known of the existence of the crater near Wolfe Creek when an aerial survey identified this impact crater in 1947. Wolfe Creek Crater is almost circular and is believed to be the second-largest crater in the world. It is one of the best-preserved impact craters in the world. … Read more
Lonar Crater, also known as Lonar Lake, is a notified National Geographic Heritage Monument. It is a Soda and Salt Lake located at Lonar in Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India. Lonar Crater is an impact crater caused by a meteorite collision. It is one of the four known impact craters in Basaltic rock … Read more
In the solar system, impact craters are the dominant geographic features of many solid solar system objects such as the Moon, Ganymede, Callisto, and other small asteroids. Some planets and moons experience surface geological processes such as Earth, Europa, Venus, and Titan. Due to erosion, the impact craters are buried or transformed … Read more