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Acraman, Australia Location: 32°1'S, 135°27'E Diameter: 160.000 km Age: 570.00 million years

Ames Location: 36°15'N, 98°10'W Diameter: 16.000 km Age: 470.00 +- 30.00 million years

Amguid Location: 26°5'N, 4°23'E Diameter: 0.450 km Age: 100,000 years

Aouelloul, Mauritania Location: 20°15'N, 12°41'W Diameter: 0.390 km Age: 3.10 +- 0.30 million years

Araguainha Dome Location: 16°46'S, 52°59'W Diameter: 40.000 km Age: 249.00 +- 19.00 million years

Avak Location: 71°15'N, 156°38'W Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 100.00 +- 5.00 million years

Azuara, Spain Location: 41°10'N, 0°55'W Diameter: 30.000 km Age: 130.00 million years

B.P. Structure Location: 25°19'N, 24°20'E Diameter: 2.800 km Age: 120.00 million years

Barringer, Arizona Location: 35°2'N, 111°1'W Diameter: 1.186 km Age: 49,000 years

BeaverHhead Location: 44°36'N, 113°0'W Diameter: 60.000 km Age: 600.00 million years

Bee Bluff Location: 29°2'N, 99°51'W Diameter: 2.400 km Age: 40.00 million years

Beyenchime-Salaatin Location: 71°50'N, 123°30'E Diameter: 8.000 km Age: 65.00 million years

Bigach Location: 48°30'N, 82°0'E Diameter: 7.000 km Age: 6.00 +- 3.00 million years

Boltysh, Ukraine Location: 48°45'N, 32°10'E Diameter: 25.000 km Age: 88.00 +- 3.00 million years

Bosumtwi, Ghana Location: 6°32'N, 1°25'W Diameter: 10.500 km Age: 1.30 +- 0.2 million years

Boxhole, North Territory, Australia Location: 22°37'S, 135°12'E Diameter: 0.170 km Age: 30,000 years

Brent, Onterio, Canada Location: 46°5'N, 78°29'W Diameter: 3.800 km Age: 450.00 +- 30.00 million years

Campo Del Cielo, Argentina Location: 27°38'S, 61°42'W Diameter: 0.050 km Age: 0 years

Carswell, Saskatchewan, Canada Location: 58°27'N, 109°30'W Diameter: 39.000 km Age: 115.00 +- 10.00 million years

Charlevoix, Canada Location: 47°32'N, 70°18'W Diameter: 54.000 km Age: 357.00 +- 15.00 million years

Chicxulub, Mexico Location: 21°20'N, 89°30'W Diameter: 300.000 km Age: 64.98 +- 0.05 million years

Chiyli Location: 49°10'N, 57°51'E Diameter: 5.500 km Age: 46.00 +- 7.00 million years

Clearwater Lake East, Quebec, Canada Location: 56°5'N, 74°7'W Diameter: 22.000 km Age: 290.00 +- 20.00 million years

Clearwater Lake West, Quebec, Canada Location: 56°13'N, 74°30'W Diameter: 32.000 km Age: 290.00 +- 20.00 million years

Connolly Basin, Australia Location: 23°32'S, 124°45'E Diameter: 9.000 km Age: 60.00 million years

Crooked Creek, Missouri Location: 37°50'N, 91°23'W Diameter: 7.000 km Age: 320.00 +- 80.00 million years

Dalgaranga, West Australia Location: 27°45'S, 117°5'E Diameter: 0.021 km Age: 30,000 years

Decaturville, Missouri Location: 37°54'N, 92°43'W Diameter: 6.000 km Age: 300.00 million years

Deep Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada Location: 56°24'N, 102°59'W Diameter: 13.000 km Age: 100.00 +- 50.00 million years

Dellen, Sweden Location: 61°55'N, 16°39'E Diameter: 15.000 km Age: 110.00 +- 2.70 million years

Des Plaines, Illinois Location: 42°3'N, 87°52'W Diameter: 8.000 km Age: 280.00 million years

Dobele Location: 56°35'N, 23°15'E Diameter: 4.500 km Age: 300.00 +- 35.00 million years

Eagle Butte Location: 49°42'N, 110°35'W Diameter: 19.000 km Age: 65.00 million years

El'Gygytgyn, Russia Location: 67°30'N, 172°5'E Diameter: 18.000 km Age: 3.50 +- 0.50 million years

Flynn Creek, Tennessee Location: 36°17'N, 85°40'W Diameter: 3.550 km Age: 360.00 +- 20.00 million years

Garnos Location: 60°39'N, 9°0'E Diameter: 5.000 km Age: 500.00 +- 10.00 million years

Glasford, Illinois Location: 40°36'N, 89°47'W Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 430.00 million years

Glover Bluff Location: 43°58'N, 89°32'W Diameter: 3.000 km Age: 500.00 million years

Goat Paddock Location: 18°20'S, 126°40'E Diameter: 5.100 km Age: 50.00 million years

Gosses Bluff, North Territory, Australia Location: 23°50'S, 132°19'E Diameter: 22.000 km Age: 142.50 +- 0.50 million years

Gow Lake, Canada Location: 56°27'N, 104°29'W Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 250.00 million years

Gusev Location: 48°21'N, 40°14'E Diameter: 3.500 km Age: 65.00 million years

Haughton, Canada Location: 75°22'N, 89°41'W Diameter: 20.5 km Age: 21.5 +- 1.00 million years

Haviland Location: 37°35'N, 99°10'W Diameter: 0.015 km Age: 0 years

Henbury, North Territory, Australia Location: 24°35'S, 133°9'E Diameter: 0.157 km Age: 10,000 years

Holleford, Onterio, Canada Location: 44°28'N, 76°38'W Diameter: 2.350 km Age: 550.00 +- 100.00 million years

Ile Rouleau Location: 50°41'N, 73°53'W Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 300.00 million years

Ilumetsa Location: 57°58'N, 25°25'E Diameter: 0.080 km Age: 0 years

Ilyinets Location: 49°6'N, 29°12'E Diameter: 4.500 km Age: 395.00 +- 5.00 million years

Janisjarvi, Russia Location: 61°58'N, 30°55'E Diameter: 14.000 km Age: 698.00 +- 22.00 million years

Kaalijarvi Location: 58°24'N, 22°40'E Diameter: 0.110 km Age: 0 +- 0 years

Kaluga, Russia Location: 54°30'N, 36°15'E Diameter: 15.000 km Age: 380.00 +- 10.00 million years

Kamensk Location: 48°20'N, 40°15'E Diameter: 25.000 km Age: 65.00 +- 2.00 million years

Kara, Russia Location: 69°5'N, 64°18'E Diameter: 65.000 km Age: 73.00 +- 3.00 million years

Kara-Kul, USSR Location: 39°1'N, 73°27'E Diameter: 52.000 km Age: 25.00 million years

Kardla Location: 58°59'N, 22°40'E Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 455.00 million years

Karla Location: 54°54'N, 48°0'E Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 10.00 million years

Kelly West Location: 19°56'S, 133°57'E Diameter: 10.000 km Age: 550.00 million years

Kentland, Indiana Location: 40°45'N, 87°24'W Diameter: 13.000 km Age: 300.00 million years

Kursk Location: 51°40'N, 36°0'E Diameter: 5.500 km Age: 250.00 +- 80.00 million years

Lac Couture, Quebec, Canada Location: 60°8'N, 75°20'W Diameter: 8.000 km Age: 430.00 +- 25.00 million years

Lac La Moinerie, Canada Location: 57°26'N, 66°37'W Diameter: 8.000 km Age: 400.00 +- 50.00 million years

Lappajarvi, Finland Location: 63°9'N, 23°42'E Diameter: 17.000 km Age: 77.30 +- 0.40 million years

Lawn Hill Location: 18°40'S, 138°39'E Diameter: 18.000 km Age: 515.00 million years

Liverpool Location: 12°24'S, 134°3'E Diameter: 1.600 km Age: 150.00 +- 70.00 million years

Lockne Location: 63°0'N, 14°48'E Diameter: 7.000 km Age: 540.00 +- 10.00 million years

Logancha, Russia Location: 65°30'N, 95°48'E Diameter: 20.000 km Age: 25.00 +- 20.00 million years

Logoisk Location: 54°12'N, 27°48'E Diameter: 17.000 km Age: 40.00 +- 5.00 million years

Lonar, India Location: 19°59'N, 76°31'E Diameter: 1.830 km Age: 52,000 +- 10,000 years

Macha Location: 59°59'N, 118°0'E Diameter: 0.300 km Age: 10,000 years

Manicouagan, Quebec, Canada Location: 51°23'N, 68°42'W Diameter: 100.000 km Age: 212.00 +- 1.00 million years

Manson, Iowa Location: 42°35'N, 94°31'W Diameter: 35.000 km Age: 65.70 +- 1.00 million years

Marquez Location: 31°17'N, 96°18'W Diameter: 22.000 km Age: 58.00 +- 2.00 million years

Middlesboro, Kentucky Location: 36°37'N, 83°44'W Diameter: 6.000 km Age: 300.00 million years

Mien, Sweden Location: 56°25'N, 14°52'E Diameter: 9.000 km Age: 121.00 +- 2.30 million years

Misarai Location: 54°0'N, 23°54'E Diameter: 5.000 km Age: 395.00 +- 145.00 million years

Mishina Gora Location: 58°40'N, 28°0'E Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 360.00 million years

Mistastin, Labrador, Canada Location: 55°53'N, 63°18'W Diameter: 28.000 km Age: 38.00 +- 4.00 million years

Montagnais Location: 42°53'N, 64°13'W Diameter: 45.000 km Age: 50.50 +- 0.76 million years

Monturaqui, Chile Location: 23°56'S, 68°17'W Diameter: 0.460 km Age: 1.00 million years

Morasko Location: 52°29'N, 16°54'E Diameter: 0.100 km Age: 10,000 years

New Quebec, Quebec, Canada Location: 61°17'N, 73°40'W Diameter: 3.440 km Age: 1.40 +- 0.10 million years

Nicholson Lake, Canada Location: 62°40'N, 102°41'W Diameter: 12.500 km Age: 400.00 million years

Oasis Location: 24°35'N, 24°24'E Diameter: 11.500 km Age: 120.00 million years

Obolon Location: 49°30'N, 32°55'E Diameter: 15.000 km Age: 215.00 +- 25.00 million years

Odessa, Texas Location: 31°45'N, 102°29'W Diameter: 0.168 km Age: 50,000 years

Ouarkziz, Algeria Location: 29°0'N, 7°33'W Diameter: 3.500 km Age: 70.00 million years

Piccaninny Location: 17°32'S, 128°25'E Diameter: 7.000 km Age: 360.00 million years

Pilot Lake, Canada Location: 60°17'N, 111°1'W Diameter: 5.80 km Age: 445.00 +- 2.00 million years

Popigai Location: 71°30'N, 111°0'E Diameter: 100.000 km Age: 35.00 +- 5.00 million years

Presqu'Ile Location: 49°43'N, 78°48'W Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 500.00 million years

Pretoria Salt Pan, South Africa Location: 25°24'S, 28°5'E Diameter: 1.130 km Age: 200,000 years

Puchezh-Katunki Location: 57°6'N, 43°35'E Diameter: 80.000 km Age: 220.00 +- 10.00 million years

Ragozinka, Russia Location: 58°18'N, 62°0'E Diameter: 9.000 km Age: 55.00 +- 5.00 million years

Red Wing Location: 47°36'N, 103°33'W Diameter: 9.000 km Age: 200.00 +- 25.00 million years

Riachao Ring Location: 7°43'S, 46°39'W Diameter: 4.500 km Age: 200.00 million years

Ries, Germany Location: 48°53'N, 10°37'E Diameter: 24.000 km Age: 14.8 +- 1.00 million years

Rio Cuarto Location: 30°52'S, 64°14'W Diameter: 4.500 km Age: 100,000 years

Rochechouart, France Location: 45°50'N, 0°56'E Diameter: 23.000 km Age: 186.00 +- 8.00 million years

Roter Kamm, Namibia Location: 27°46'S, 16°18'E Diameter: 2.500 km Age: 5.0 +- 0.30 million years

Rotmistrovka Location: 49°0'N, 32°0'E Diameter: 2.700 km Age: 140.00 +- 20.00 million years

Saaksjarvi, Finland Location: 61°24'N, 22°24'E Diameter: 5.000 km Age: 514.00 +- 12.00 million years

Saint Martin, Canada Location: 51°47'N, 98°32'W Diameter: 40.000 km Age: 220.0 +- 32.00 million years

Serpent Mound, Ohio Location: 39°2'N, 83°24'W Diameter: 6.40 km Age: 320.00 million years

Serra Da Cangalha Location: 8°5'S, 46°52'W Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 300.00 million years

Shunak, Kazakhstan Location: 47°12'N, 72°42'E Diameter: 3.100 km Age: 12.00 +- 5.00 million years

Sierra Madera, Texas Location: 30°36'N, 102°55'W Diameter: 13.000 km Age: 100.00 million years

Sikhote Alin, USSR Location: 46°7'N, 134°40'E Diameter: 0.027 km Age: 0 years

Siljan, Sweden Location: 61°2'N, 14°52'E Diameter: 55.000 km Age: 368.00 +- 1.10 million years

Slate Islands Location: 48°40'N, 87°0'W Diameter: 30.000 km Age: 350.00 million years

Sobolev Location: 46°18'N, 138°52'E Diameter: 0.053 km Age: 0 years

Soderfjarden, Finland Location: 63°0'N, 21°35'E Diameter: 6.000 km Age: 550.00 million years

Spider, Australia Location: 16°44'S, 126°5'E Diameter: 13.000 km Age: 570.00 million years

Steen River, Canada Location: 59°31'N, 117°37'W Diameter: 25.000 km Age: 95.00 +- 7.00 million years

Steinheim, Germany Location: 48°40'N, 10°4'E Diameter: 3.800 km Age: 14.80 +- 0.70 million years

Strangways Location: 15°12'S, 133°35'E Diameter: 25.000 km Age: 470.00 million years

Sudbury, Onterio, Canada Location: 46°36'N, 81°11'W Diameter: 200.000 km Age: 1850.00 +- 3.00 million years

Tabun-Khara-Obo Location: 44°6'N, 109°36'E Diameter: 1.300 km Age: 3.00 million years

Talemzane, Algeria Location: 33°19'N, 4°2'E Diameter: 1.750 km Age: 3.00 million years

Teague, Australia Location: 25°52'S, 120°53'E Diameter: 30.000 km Age: 1685.00 +- 5.00 million years

Tenoumer, Mauritania Location: 22°55'N, 10°24'W Diameter: 1.900 km Age: 2.50 +- 0.50 million years

Ternovka Location: 48°1'N, 33°5'E Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 280.00 +- 10.00 million years

Tin Bider Location: 27°36'N, 5°7'E Diameter: 6.000 km Age: 70.00 million years

Tookoonooka Location: 27°0'S, 143°0'E Diameter: 55.000 km Age: 128.00 +- 5.00 million years

Tvaren Location: 58°46'N, 17°25'E Diameter: 2.000 km Age: 0 years

Upheaval Dome, Utah Location: 38°26'N, 109°54'W Diameter: 5.000 km Age: 65.00 million years

Ust-Kara Location: 69°18'N, 65°18'E Diameter: 25.000 km Age: 73.00 +- 3.00 million years

Vargeao Dome Location: 26°50'S, 52°7'W Diameter: 12.000 km Age: 70.00 million years

Veevers Location: 22°58'S, 125°22'E Diameter: 0.080 km Age: 1.00 million years

Vepriaj Location: 55°6'N, 24°36'E Diameter: 8.000 km Age: 160.00 +- 30.00 million years

Vredefort, South Africa Location: 27°0'S, 27°30'E Diameter: 140.000 km Age: 1970.00 +- 100.00 million years

Wabar, Arabia Location: 21°30'N, 50°28'E Diameter: 0.097 km Age: 10,000 +- 0 years

Wanapitei Lake, Canada Location: 46°45'N, 80°45'W Diameter: 7.500 km Age: 37.00 +- 2.00 million years

Wells Creek, Tennessee Location: 36°23'N, 87°40'W Diameter: 14.000 km Age: 200.00 +- 100.00 million years

West Hawk Lake, Canada Location: 49°46'N, 95°11'W Diameter: 3.150 km Age: 100.00 +- 50.00 million years

Wolfe Creek, West Australia Location: 19°18'S, 127°46'E Diameter: 0.875 km Age: 300,000 years

Zapadnaya Location: 49°44'N, 29°0'E Diameter: 4.000 km Age: 115.00 +- 10.00 million years

Zeleny Gai Location: 48°42'N, 32°54'E Diameter: 2.500 km Age: 120.00 +- 20.00 million years

Zhamanshin, Kazakhstan Location: 48°24'N, 60°58'E Diameter: 13.500 km Age: 900,000 +- 100,000 years

_________________________________________________________________ Calvin J. Hamilton Last Modified: June 1, 1995


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