Matt Wilson (crater)
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Matt Wilson is an elliptical
impact crater
structure situated in Gregory National Park
about 17 km north of the Victoria River Roadhouse in the Northern Territory
, Australia
. Its size is 7.5 by 6.3 kilometers, with its long axis trending northeast-southwest.
Ellipse
In geometry, an ellipse is a plane curve that results from the intersection of a cone by a plane in a way that produces a closed curve. Circles are special cases of ellipses, obtained when the cutting plane is orthogonal to the cone's axis...
impact crater
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...
structure situated in Gregory National Park
Gregory National Park
Gregory is a national park in the Northern Territory , 359 km south of Darwin.-Birds:The park has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports much of the eastern subspecies of the White-quilled Rock-Pigeon and small numbers of the endangered Gouldian...
about 17 km north of the Victoria River Roadhouse in the 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
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its size is 7.5 by 6.3 kilometers, with its long axis trending northeast-southwest.