List of impact craters in Australia
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This list includes all 27 confirmed impact craters in Australia as listed in the Earth Impact Database.[1]
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Impact craters - confirmed
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| Name | State | Diameter (km) | Age (years) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acraman | South Australia | 90 | about 590 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Amelia Creek | Northern Territory | 20 | 1660 - 600 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Boxhole | Northern Territory | 0.17 | 5,400 ± 1,500 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Connolly Basin | Western Australia | 9 | < 60 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Crawford | South Australia | 8.5 | > 35 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Dalgaranga | Western Australia | 0.02 | about 3000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Flaxman | South Australia | 10 | > 35 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Foelsche | Northern Territory | 6 | > 545 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Glikson | Western Australia | 19 | < 508 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Goat Paddock | Western Australia | 5 | < 50 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Gosses Bluff | Northern Territory | 22 | 142.5 ± 0.8 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Goyder | Northern Territory | 3 | < 1.4 billion | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Henbury | Northern Territory | 0.16 | 4200 ± 1900 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Kelly West | Northern Territory | 10 | > 550 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Lawn Hill | Queensland | 18 | > 515 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Liverpool | Northern Territory | 1.6 | 1000 - 543 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Matt Wilson | Northern Territory | 7.5 | < 1402 ± 440 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Mount Toondina | South Australia | 4 | < 110 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Piccaninny | Western Australia | 7 | < 360 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Shoemaker (was Teague) | Western Australia | 30 | Proterozoic | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Spider | Western Australia | 13 | > 570 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Strangways | Northern Territory | 25 | 646 ± 42 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Tookoonooka | Queensland | 55 | 128 ± 5 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Veevers | Western Australia | 0.08 | < 20 thousand | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Wolfe Creek | Western Australia | 0.87 | 300,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Woodleigh | Western Australia | 60–120 | 364 ± 8 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Yarrabubba | Western Australia | 30 | about 2 billion | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Unconfirmed impact craters
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The following craters are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven.
| Name | State | Diameter | Age | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedout | Indian Ocean, Western Australia | 200 km | 250 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Darwin Crater | Tasmania | 1.2 km | 800 thousand | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| East Warburton Basin | South Australia | 200 km[2] | about 300-360 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| West Warburton Basin | South Australia | 200 km[2] | about 300-360 million | |
| Massive Australian Precambrian/Cambrian Impact Structure,MAPCIS | Northern Territory | multiple rings 500 km - 2000 km | 545 million = P/C boundary | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Hickman Crater | Newman, Western Australia | 0.27 km | 10 - 100 thousand | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Unnamed impact[3] | Cooper Basin, South Australia | 80 km - 160 km | 300 million | (impact centre is unknown) |
See also
- Impact craters
- Impact events
- Bolides and Meteorites
- Earth Impact Database – primary source
- Traces of Catastrophe book from Lunar and Planetary Institute - comprehensive reference on impact crater science
Notes
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- Unesco
- Earth Impact Database – List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick
- Impact Database (formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list) maintained by David Rajmon for Impact Field Studies Group, USA
- ↑ Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara (2009) Australia's meteorite craters Welshpool, W. A. : Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed. ISBN 978-1-920843-96-0 (pbk.) and other sources provide a contrast in methodology and limitations to the information in the EID
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia: Meteorite broke in two, leaving two craters each 200 km across. Mar 24, 2015
- ↑ UQ Researcher Discovers Giant Asteroid Impact
