Name | Diameter [kilometres] | Age [Million years] | Geographical location | Coordinates |
Zhamanshin | 13.5 km | 0.9 ± 0.10 Ma | Kazakhstan | N48º 24' E60º 58' |
Bosumtwi | 10.5 km | 1.03 ± 0.02 Ma | Ghana | N06º 32' W01º 25' |
Eltain | n/a [15-40 km, a deep sea impact] | ~2.15 Ma | Southern Pacific Ocean, Bellingshausen Sea | S57º 47' E90º 48' |
El'gygytgyn | 18 km | 3.5 ± 0.5 Ma | Russia, North-Eastern Siberia | N67º 30' E172º 05' |
Karla | 12 km | 10 ± 10 Ma | Russia, Tatarian State | N54º 54', E48º 00' |
Ries | 24 km | 15.1 ± 1 Ma | Germany, Bavaria | N48º 53' W10º 37' |
Haughton | 16 km | 23 ± 1 Ma ~39 ± 2 Ma |
Canada, Northwest Territories | N75º 22', W89º 40' |
Reference(s):
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–Geologican Association of Canada, St. John's, 2006, pp. x-210 - Hodge, P., 1994: Meteorite craters and impact structures of the Earth. pp. 1-124
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–The Geological Society of America, Boulder, 1999, viii-464