I've seen this huge crater on tv and just wondered if anyone knew where it was. I think its somewhere in south america
by the way im not talking about the grand canyon thats a canyon not a crater!
2006-10-05 09:26:50 · 12 answers · asked by Euan S 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
There don't seem to be many impact craters in South America that still look like craters. The biggest ones are very old and eroded.
The Yucatan (Chicxulub) crater is 65 million years old, 180 km in diameter, doesn't look like a crater any more, and is the third biggest of all. The two biggest are Vredefort, South Africa (300 km) and Sudbury, Canada (250 km), both about 2000 my old and of course looking even less like craters by now.
Visit the Earth Impact Database below to search for the biggest of the newer ones.
2006-10-05 10:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is evidence in many areas, of giant craters. A few days ago, on public television, I saw a photo of a giant crater in the state of Arizona, USA.
The biggest crater, from a meteor that hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico is surprisingly not visible at all. That hit, 65 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs.
2006-10-05 09:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a huge crater in Siberia, thought to be where the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs hit. Helpful?
2006-10-05 10:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by alfie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Barringer Meteor crater in Arizona, possibly?
2006-10-05 09:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crater may refer to:
Impact crater, caused by two bodies impacting each other, such as an astrobleme.
Volcanic crater or caldera, from volcanic activity .
What kind you want?
2006-10-05 09:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really,Vredefort crater and it is in South Africa (at 186 miles, or 300 kilometers across),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredefort_crater
2006-10-05 10:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-26 10:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yolane but quite a all around the would there is one in aust that almost covers the whole state
2006-10-05 11:00:48 · answer #8 · answered by Shane S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in Yellowstone Park in North America. It's so big we didn't know it was there until it was spotted from space!
2006-10-05 09:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yucatan peninsula
2006-10-05 09:31:18 · answer #10 · answered by mixedlinda 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋