This list includes all
27 confirmed impact structures in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
as listed in the
Earth Impact Database
The Earth Impact Database is a database of confirmed impact structures or impact crater, craters on Earth. It was initiated in 1955 by the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, under the direction of Carlyle Smith Beals, Carlyle S. Beals. Since 2001, it h ...
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[Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara (2009) ''Australia's meteorite craters'' Welshpool, W. A. : Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed. (pbk.) and other sources provide a contrast in methodology and limitations to the information in the EID]
Impact structures - confirmed
Unconfirmed impact structures
The following structures 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.
See also
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Impact crater
An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effe ...
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Bolide
A bolide is normally taken to mean an exceptionally bright meteor, but the term is subject to more than one definition, according to context. It may refer to any large Impact crater, crater-forming body, or to one that explodes in the atmosphere. ...
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Meteorite
A meteorite is a rock (geology), rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical ...
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Earth Impact Database
The Earth Impact Database is a database of confirmed impact structures or impact crater, craters on Earth. It was initiated in 1955 by the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, under the direction of Carlyle Smith Beals, Carlyle S. Beals. Since 2001, it h ...
– primary source
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Traces of Catastrophe
''Traces of Catastrophe: A Handbook of Shock-Metamorphic Effects in Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures'' is a book written by Bevan M. French of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a comprehensive technical reference on the science of impact ...
book from
Lunar and Planetary Institute
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is a scientific research institute dedicated to study of the Solar System, its formation, evolution, and current state. The Institute is part of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and is ...
- comprehensive reference on impact crater science
Notes
External links
UnescoEarth Impact Database– List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary and Space Science Centre,
University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...
Impact Database(formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list) maintained by David Rajmon fo
USA
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
Lists of coordinates
Australia geology-related lists