Name | Diameter [kilometres] | Age [Million years] | Geographical location | Coordinates |
Upheaval Dome | 5 km [~10 km] | <65 Ma | USA, Utah | N38º 26', W109 54' |
Eagle Butte | 10 km [~19 km] | <65 Ma | Canada, Alberta | N49º 42', W110º 30' |
Chicxulub | 180 km [<300 km] | 64.98 ± 0.05 Ma | Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula | N21º 24', W89º 31' |
Kamensk | 20 - 25 km | 65 ± 2 Ma | Russia, Voronezskaja Oblast | N48º 20', E40º 15' |
Vargeao Dome | 12 km | <70 Ma | Brazil, Paraná | S26º 50', W52º 07' |
Ust-Kara | 25 km | 70.3 ± 2.2 Ma | Russia, North-Western Siberia | N69º18', E65º 18' |
Kara | 65 km | 70.3 ± 2.2 Ma | Russia, North-Western Siberia | N69º 05', E73º 24' |
Manson | 35 km | 73.8 ± 0.3 Ma | USA, Iowa | N42º 35', W94º 31' |
Lappajärvi | 19 km | 77.3 ± 0.4 Ma 73.3 ± 5.3 Ma |
Finland, Western Finland | N63º 12', E23º 42' |
Boltysh | 25 km | 88 ± 3 Ma | Ukraine, Kirovograd district | N48º 45', E32º 10' |
Dellen | 20 km | 89 ± 2.7 Ma | Sweden, Hälsingland | N61º 48', E16º 48' |
Steen River | 25 km | 91 ± 7 Ma 95 ± 7 Ma |
Canada, Alberta | N59º 31', W117º 37' |
Deep Bay | 10 km | 99 ± 4 Ma | Canada, Saskatchewan | N56º 24', W102º 59' |
Avak | 12 km | 100 ± 5 Ma | USA, Texas | N30º 36', W102º 55' |
Sierra Madera | 13 km | <100 Ma | USA, Texas | N30º 36', W102º 55' |
Carswell | 39 km | 115 ± 10 Ma | Canada, Saskatchewan | N54º 27', W109º 30' |
Tookoonooka | 55 km | 128 ± 5 Ma | Australia | unknown |
Azuara | 30 km | <130 Ma | Spain, Aragón | N41º 10', E00º 55' |
Gosses Bluff | 22 km | 142.5 ± 0.5 Ma | Australia, Northern Territory | S23º 50', E132º 19' |
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