List of impact craters on Earth - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

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includes confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database

Earth Impact Database

The Earth Impact Database is the authoritative source for information on confirmed impact structures or craters on Earth. It was initiated in 1955 by the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, under the direction of Dr. Carlyle S. Beals...

Confirmed impact craters listed by size

Only the largest craters (20km or more diameter) are listed below; the rest are listed by geographical region on subsidiary lists. These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim

Rim (craters)

The rim of a crater is the part that extends above the height of the local surface, usually in a circular or elliptical pattern. In a more specific sense, the rim may refer to the circular or elliptical edge that represents the uppermost tip of this raised portion...

diameter and may not correspond to present surface features.

Name	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (million years)	Coordinates
Vredefort Vredefort crater Vredefort crater is the largest verified impact crater on Earth. It is located in the Free State Province of South Africa and named after the town of Vredefort, which is situated near its centre. The site is also known as the Vredefort dome or Vredefort impact structure...	Free State Free State The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans... , South Africa	300	2020	27°0′S 27°30′E
Sudbury Sudbury Basin The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the second-largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, as well as one of the oldest....	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... , Canada	250	1850	46°36′N 81°11′W
Chicxulub Chicxulub Crater The Chicxulub crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named...	Yucatán Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... , Mexico	170	65	21°20′N 89°30′W
Manicouagan Manicouagan crater The Manicouagan Crater is one of the oldest known impact craters and is located primarily in Manicouagan Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Québec, Canada, about north of the city of Baie-Comeau. Its northernmost part is located in Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada	100	214	51°23′N 68°42′W
Popigai Popigai crater The Popigai crater in Siberia, Russia is tied with Manicouagan Crater as the fourth largest verified impact crater on Earth. A large bolide impact created the diameter crater 35.7 ± 0.2 million years ago during the late Eocene . The crater is 1½ hours from the outpost of Khatanga...	Siberia Siberia Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th... , Russia	100	35.7	71°39′N 111°11′E
Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay impact crater The Chesapeake Bay impact crater was formed by a bolide that impacted the eastern shore of North America about 35 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" or marine impact craters, and the largest known impact crater in the U.S...	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... , United States	90	35.5	37°17′N 76°1′W
Acraman Acraman crater Acraman crater is a deeply eroded impact crater in the Gawler Ranges of South Australia. Its location is marked by Lake Acraman, a circular ephemeral playa lake about 20 km in diameter....	South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... , Australia	90	590	32°1′S 135°27′E
Puchezh-Katunki Puchezh-Katunki crater Puchezh-Katunki is a meteor crater in the Chkalovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Volga Federal District, Russia. It is in diameter and is estimated to be 167 ± 3 million years old, placing it in the Middle Jurassic...	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: The oblast is crossed by the Volga River. Apart from Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan area, the biggest city is Arzamas... , Russia	80	167	56°58′N 43°43′E
Morokweng Morokweng crater The Morokweng crater is an impact crater buried beneath the Kalahari Desert near the town of Morokweng in the Northwest Province of South Africa, close to the border with Botswana....	Kalahari Desert Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending , covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. The Kalahari supports more animals and plants than a true desert... , South Africa	70	145	26°28′S 23°32′E
Kara Kara crater Kara is a meteor crater in the Yugorsky Peninsula, Nenetsia, Russia.It is 65 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 70.3 ± 2.2 million years old . Impactite outcrops located on the Baydarata Gulf shore north-east of the crater imply that the original size of the crater, now greatly...	Nenetsia, Russia	65	70	69°6′N 64°9′E
Beaverhead Beaverhead crater Beaverhead is an impact structure in central Idaho and western Montana in the United States.Estimated at in diameter, it is one of the largest impact craters on Earth...	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.... and Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,... , United States	60	600	44°15′N 114°0′W
Tookoonooka Tookoonooka crater Tookoonooka is a large meteorite impact crater situated in southwestern Queensland, Australia. It lies deeply buried within Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Eromanga Basin and is not visible at the surface....	Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... , Australia	55	128	27°7′S 142°50′E
Charlevoix Charlevoix crater The Charlevoix crater is a large eroded meteorite impact crater in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Only part of the crater is exposed at the surface, the rest being covered by the Saint Lawrence River. The original crater is estimated to have been in diameter and the age is estimated to...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada	54	342	47°32′N 70°18′W
Siljan Siljan (lake) Siljan, in Dalarna in central Sweden, is Sweden's sixth largest lake. The cumulative area of Siljan and the adjacent, smaller lakes Orsasjön and Insjön is . Siljan reaches a maximum depth of , and its surface is situated above sea level...	Dalarna Dalarna ', English exonym: Dalecarlia, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Places involving the element Dalecarlia exist in the United States.... , Sweden	52	377	61°2′N 14°52′E
Karakul	Pamir Mountains Pamir Mountains The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains and since Victorian times they have been known as the "Roof of the World" a probable... , Tajikistan	52	5	39°1′N 73°27′E
Montagnais Montagnais crater Montagnais is a meteorite crater located on the continental shelf south of Nova Scotia, Canada.It measures 45 km in diameter, and its age is estimated to be 50.50 ± 0.76 million years . The crater is under the sea and buried beneath marine sediments.- References :...	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , Canada	45	50	42°53′N 64°13′W
Araguainha Araguainha crater The Araguainha Crater or Araguainha Dome is an impact crater on the border of Mato Grosso and Goiás states, Brazil, between the villages of Araguainha and Ponte Branca...	Central Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	40	244	16°47′S 52°59′W
Saint Martin Saint Martin crater Saint Martin is an impact crater in Manitoba, Canada.It is in diameter and its age is estimated at 220 ± 32 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.-Hypothetical multiple impact event:...	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... , Canada	40	220	51°47′N 98°32′W
Mjølnir Mjølnir crater Mjølnir is a meteorite crater on the floor of Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 142.0 ± 2.6 million years . The bolide was an estimated wide....	Barents Sea Barents Sea The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of Norway and Russia. Known in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the sea takes its current name from the Dutch navigator Willem Barents... , Norway	40	142	73°48′N 29°40′E
Woodleigh Woodleigh crater Woodleigh is a large meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, centred on Woodleigh Station east of Shark Bay. A team of four scientists at the Geological Survey of Western Australia and the Australian National University, led by Arthur J...	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... , Australia	40	364	26°3′S 114°40′E
Carswell Carswell crater Carswell is an impact crater in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 115 ± 10 million years . The crater is exposed at the surface....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... , Canada	39	115	58°27′N 109°30′W
Clearwater West Clearwater Lakes The Lac à l'Eau Claire , also called the Clearwater Lakes in English, Wiyasakami in Cree and Allait Qasigialingat by the Inuit, are a pair of circular lakes on the Canadian Shield in Quebec, Canada, near Hudson Bay.The lakes are actually a single body of water with a sprinkling of islands forming a...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada	36	290	56°13′N 74°30′W
Manson Manson crater The Manson impact crater is near the site of Manson, Iowa where an asteroid or comet nucleus struck the Earth during the Cretaceous Period, 74 Ma...	Iowa Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... , United States	35	73.8	42°35′N 94°33′W
Yarrabubba Yarrabubba crater Yarrabubba crater refers to an impact structure , the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in the northern Yilgarn Craton between the towns of Sandstone and Meekatharra, central Western Australia....	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... , Australia	30	2000	27°10′S 118°50′E
Keurusselkä Keurusselkä Keurusselkä is a lake in Central Finland between the towns of Keuruu to the north and Mänttä to the south. It covers an area of . Its average depth is with a maximum depth of . The surface lies at above sea level. The lake is long and is a part of the Kokemäenjoki water system...	Western Finland Western Finland Western Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland.- History :... , Finland	30	1800	62°8′N 24°36′E
Shoemaker Shoemaker crater Shoemaker is an impact structure , the deeply eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in arid central Western Australia, about north-northeast of Wiluna. It is named in honour of planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker.Pirajno F. & Glikson A.Y. 1998...	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... , Australia	30	1630	25°52′S 120°53′E
Slate Islands Slate Islands (Ontario) The Slate Islands archipelago is formed of two main islands, five minor islands and numerous islets located in northern Lake Superior, 10 km south of the town of Terrace Bay. The islands were created by a meteorite impact which formed a crater about wide. In 1985, the Ontario government...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... , Canada	30	450	48°40′N 87°0′W
Guarda Guarda Crater Guarda crater is a possible impact crater located in Guarda District in Portugal. It is estimated to be 200 million years old, and measures in diameter. The crater itself is located northeast from urban area of Guarda with the center impact probably at . The crater has suffered a lot of hydric...	Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	30	200	40°38′N 07°06′W
Mistastin Mistastin crater Mistastin crater is a meteorite crater in Labrador, Canada which contains the roughly circular Mistastin Lake.The lake's arcuate central island is interpreted to be the central uplift of the complex crater structure. The target rocks were part of a batholith composed of adamellite, mangerite and...	Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... , Canada	28	36	55°53′N 63°18′W
Clearwater East Clearwater Lakes The Lac à l'Eau Claire , also called the Clearwater Lakes in English, Wiyasakami in Cree and Allait Qasigialingat by the Inuit, are a pair of circular lakes on the Canadian Shield in Quebec, Canada, near Hudson Bay.The lakes are actually a single body of water with a sprinkling of islands forming a...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada	26	290	56°04′N 74°06′W
Kamensk Kamensk crater Kamensk is an impact crater in Russia.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 49.0 ± 0.2 million years old . The crater is not exposed at the surface. It may have formed at the same time as the smaller nearby crater Gusev.- References :...	Southern Federal District Southern Federal District Southern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population was 13,856,700 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of... , Russia	25	646	48°21′N 40°30′E
Steen River Steen River crater Steen River is an impact structure in Alberta, Canada.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 91 ± 7 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface. The crater was partially eroded prior to burial, and lies under of sediments.-External links:*...	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... , Canada	25	91	59°30′N 117°38′W
Strangways Strangways crater Strangways is a large impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in the Northern Territory, Australia. It was named after the nearby Strangways River...	Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... , Australia	25	646	15°12′S 133°35′E
Boltysh Boltysh crater The Boltysh Crater is an impact crater in the Kirovohrad Oblast province of Ukraine. The crater is in diameter and its age of 65.17 ± 0.64 million years, based on argon dating techniques, is within error of that of Chicxulub Crater in Mexico, and the K–T boundary...	Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kirovohrad.-Geography:The area of the province is , its population is 1.1 million.... , Ukraine	24	65.17	48°54′N 32°15′E
Nördlinger Ries Nördlinger Ries The Nördlinger Ries is a large circular depression in western Bavaria, Germany, located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries. The city of Nördlingen is located about southwest of the centre of the depression....	Bavaria Bavaria Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany... , Germany	24	14.8	48°53′N 10°34′E
Presqu'île Presqu'ile crater Presqu'île is a meteorite crater in the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality of Jamésie in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, located about south of the city of Chapais....	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada	24	500	49°43′N 74°48′W
Haughton Haughton impact crater Haughton impact crater is located on Devon Island, Nunavut in far northern Canada. It is about in diameter and formed about 39 million years ago . The impacting object is estimated to have been approximately in diameter. Devon Island itself is composed of Paleozoic shale and siltstone overlying...	Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993... , Canada	23	39	75°23′N 89°40′W
Lappajärvi Lake Lappajärvi Lappajärvi is a lake in Finland, in the municipalities of Lappajärvi, Alajärvi and Vimpeli. It is formed in a wide meteorite crater. The age of the crater is estimated to be 73.3 million years old —the upper Cretaceous period. The lake is part of Ähtävänjoki basin together with Lake Evijärvi that...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	23	73.3 ± 5.3	63°12′N 23°42′E
Rochechouart Rochechouart crater Rochechouart is an impact crater in France.The crater diameter is still under study but is expected to be about . Its most recent age estimate is 201 ±2 million years ago, placing it close to Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Since then the crater has been deeply eroded, and no trace of its original...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	23	214 ± 8	45°49′27"N 0°46′54"E
Gosses Bluff Gosses Bluff crater Gosses Bluff is thought to be the eroded remnant of an impact crater. It is located in the southern Northern Territory, near the centre of Australia, about west of Alice Springs and about to the northeast of Uluru...	Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... , Australia	22	142.5 ± 0.8	23°49′15"S 132°18′28"E
Amelia Creek Amelia Creek crater Amelia Creek crater is an impact structure , the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, located in the Davenport Range, Northern Territory, Australia. It lies within a low range of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which are extensively folded and faulted, thus making an eroded...	Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... , Australia	20	1660–600	20°55′S 134°50′E
Logancha Logancha crater Logancha is a meteorite crater in Siberia, Russia.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 40 million years old . The crater is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	Siberia Siberia Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th... , Russia	20	40 ± 20	65°31′N 95°56′E
Obolon' Obolon' crater Obolon' crater is a diameter buried meteorite impact crater situated about southeast of Kiev in Ukraine .The site has been drilled, which revealed the presence of shocked minerals and impact melt rock; the high chlorine content of the latter suggesting that the area was covered by shallow sea at...	Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.-Geography:... , Ukraine	20	169 ± 7	49°35′N 32°55′E

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Impact Database (formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list) maintained by David Rajmon for Impact Field Studies Group, USA
Catalogue of the Earth's Impact structures by SCGC, Russia
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