Name | Diameter [kilometres] | Age [Million years] | Geographical location | Coordinates |
Bedout | ~ 200 km | 250.1 ± 4.5 Ma [Late Permian / Early Triassic] | Indian Ocean (Northwestern Australian coast) | |
West Clearwater Lake | ≥36 km | 286.2 ± 2.2 (2.6) Ma [Early Permian] | Canada, Quebec | N56º 13', W74º 30' |
Kentland | 13 km | <300 Ma [Late Carboniferous] | USA, Indiana | N40º 45', W87º 24' |
Ternovka | 12 km | 330 Ma [Middle Carboniferous] | Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk District | N48º 01', E33º 05' |
Charlevoix | 54 km | 342 ± 15 Ma [Middle Carboniferous] | Canada, Quebeg | N47º 32', W70º 18' |
Note:
Although not confirmed, there seems to be some evidence of the another impact at the Permian/Triassic boundary.
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