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This is a list of identified impact craters on Earth.

List by size

Name Location Diameter Age Coordinates
Shiva (hypothetical crater) Indian Ocean west of India 600 km × 400 km 65 million
Wilkes Land Wilkes Land, Antarctica 485 km 250 million |- |Vredefort |South Africa |300 km |2 billion+ |align=right|[27°0′S 27°30′E] |- |Sudbury |Ontario, Canada |250 km |1.85 billion |align=right|[46°36′N 81°11′W] |- |Chicxulub |Yucatan, Mexico |170 km |65 million |align=right|[21°20′N 89°30′W] |- |Popigai |Siberia, Russia |100 km |35.7 million |align=right|[71°39′N 111°11′E] |- |Manicouagan |Quebec, Canada |100 km |214 million |align=right|[51°23′N 68°42′W] |- |Acraman |South Australia, Australia |90 km |590 million |align=right|[32°1′S 135°27′E] |- |Chesapeake Bay |Virginia, United States |90 km |35.5 million |align=right|[37°17′N 76°1′W] |- |Puchezh-Katunki |Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |80 km |167 million |align=right|[56°58′N 43°43′E] |- |Morokweng |Morokweng, South Africa |70 km |145 million |align=right|[26°28′S 23°32′E] |- |Kara |Russia |65 km |70 million |align=right|[69°6′N 64°9′E] |- |Beaverhead |Montana, United States |60 km |600 million |align=right|[44°36′N 113°0′W] |- |Tookoonooka |Queensland, Australia |55 km |128 million |align=right|[27°7′S 142°50′E] |- |Charlevoix |Quebec, Canada |54 km |342 million |align=right|[47°32′N 70°18′W] |- |Siljan |Dalecarlia, Sweden |52 km |361 million |align=right|[61°2′N 14°52′E] |- |Kara-Kul |Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan |52 km |5 million |align=right|[39°1′N 73°27′E] |- |Montagnais |Nova Scotia, Canada |45 km |50 million |align=right|[42°53′N 64°13′W] |- |Araguainha |Central Brazil |40 km |244 million |align=right|[16°47′S 52°59′W] |- |Woodleigh |Western Australia, Australia |40 km |364 million |align=right|[26°3′S 114°39′E] |- |Mjølnir |Barents Sea, Norway |40 km |142 million |align=right|[73°48′N 29°40′E] |- |Saint Martin |Manitoba, Canada |40 km |220 million |align=right|[51°47′N 98°32′W] |- |Carswell |Saskatchewan, Canada |39 km |115 million |align=right|[58°27′N 109°30′W] |- |Clearwater West |Quebec, Canada |36 km |290 million |align=right|[56°13′N 74°30′W] |- |Manson |Iowa, United States |35 km |73.8 million |align=right|[42°35′N 94°33′W] |- |Kebira |Gilf Kebir region, Egypt |31 km |? |- |Yarrabubba |Western Australia, Australia |30 km |2 billion |align=right|[27°10′S 118°50′E] |- |Slate Islands |Ontario, Canada |30 km |450 million |align=right|[48°40′N 87°0′W] |- |Shoemaker |Western Australia, Australia |30 km |1.63 billion |align=right|[25°52′S 120°53′E] |- |Keurusselkä |Keuruu / Mänttä, Finland |30 km |1.8 billion |align=right|[62°8′N 24°36′E] |- |Mistastin |Labrador, Canada |28 km |28 million |align=right|[55°53′N 63°18′W] |- |Clearwater East |Quebec, Canada |26 km |290 million |align=right|[56°5′N 74°7′W] |- |Nördlinger Ries |Germany |25 km |14.8 million | |- |Steinheim crater |Germany |3.8 km |15 ± 1 million |align=right| [48°41′N 10°4′E] |- |Gatun structure |Panama |2.7-3 km |20 million |align=right| [09°05′58.1″N, 79°47′21.8″W] |- |Lonar Crater |Buldhana, India |1.83 km |52,000 |align=right|[19°58′N 76°31′E] |- |Barringer |Arizona, United States |1.2 km |49,000 |align=right|[35°2′N 111°1′W] |- |Odessa |Texas, United States |168 meters |50,000 |align=right|[31°45′N 103°29′W] |}

List alphabetically by continent

Africa

Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Amguid Algeria 0.45 km < 100,000 [26°5′N 4°23′E]
Aorounga Chad, Africa 12.6 km < 345 million [19°6′N 19°15′E]
Aouelloul Mauritania 0.39 km 3.0 ± 0.3 million [20°15′N 12°41′W]
Arkenu 1 Libya 6.8 km < 140 million [22°4′N 23°45′E]
Arkenu 2 Libya 10 km < 140 million [22°4′N 23°45′E]
B.P. Structure Libya 2 km < 120 million [25°19′N 24°20′E]
Bosumtwi Ghana 10.5 km 1.07 million [6°30′N 1°25′W]
Gweni-Fada Chad, Africa 14 km < 345 million [17°25′N 21°45′E]
Kalkkop South Africa 0.64 km < 1.8 million [32°43′S 24°34′E]
Kebira Egypt 31 km ? [link]
Kgagodi Botswana 3.5 km < 180 million [Y°22′29 S°27′35]
Morokweng Morokweng, South Africa 70 km 145.0 ± 0.8 million [26°28′S 23°32′E]
Oasis Libya 18 km < 120 million [24°35′N 24°24′E]
Ouarkziz Algeria 3.5 km < 70 million [29°0′N 7°33′W]
Roter Kamm Namibia 2.5 km 3.7 ± 0.3 million [27°46′S 16°18′E]
Talemzane Algeria 1.75 km < 3 million [33°19′N 4°2′E]
Tenoumer Mauritania 1.9 km 21,400 ± 9,700 [22°55′N 10°24′W]
Tin Bider Algeria 6 km < 70 million [27°36′N 5°7′E]
Tswaing (was Pretoria Saltpan) South Africa 1.13 km 0.220 ± 0.052 million [25°24′S 28°5′E]
Vredefort South Africa 300 km 2023 ± 4 million [27°0′S 27°30′E]

Antarctica

Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Wilkes Land Wilkes Land, Antarctica 485 km 250 million |}

Asia

Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Beyenchime-Salaatin Russia 8 km 40 ± 20 million [71°0′N 121°40′E]
Bigach Kazakhstan 8 km 5 ± 3 million [48°34′N 82°1′E]
Chiyli Kazakhstan 5.5 km 46 ± 7 million [49°10′N 57°51′E]
Chukcha Russia 6 km < 70 million [75°42′N 97°48′E]
El'gygytgyn Russia 18 km 3.5 ± 0.5 million [67°30′N 172°5′E]
Kara-Kul Tajikistan 52 km < 5 million [39°1′N 73°27′E]
Kara Russia 65 km 70.3 ± 2.2 million [69°6′N 64°9′E]
Logancha Russia 20 km 40 ± 20 million [65°31′N 95°56′E]
Lonar Buldhana, India 1.83 km 52,000 ± 6,000 [19°58′N 76°31′E]
Macha Russia 0.3 km < 7000 million [60°6′N 117°35′E]
Popigai Siberia, Russia 100 km 35.7 ± 0.2 million [71°39′N 111°11′E]
Ragozinka Russia 9 km 46 ± 3 million [58°44′N 61°48′E]
Shiva? Indian Ocean west of India 600 km x 400 km 65 million
Sikhote Alin Maritime Province, Russia several, max. 26 m made a.m. 12 Feb 1947 [46°7′N 134°40′E]
Sobolev Russia 0.053 km < 1000 [46°18′N 137°52′E]
Tabun-Khara-Obo Mongolia 1.3 km 150 ± 20 million [44°6′N 109°36′E]
Wabar Saudi Arabia 0.116 km 140 [21°30′N 50°28′E]
Zhamanshin Kazakhstan 14 km 900,000 ± 100,000 [48°24′N 60°58′E]

Australasia

Australia
Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Acraman South Australia 90 km about 590 million [32°1′S 135°27′E]
Boxhole Northern Territory 0.17 km 54,000 ± 1,500 [22°37′S 135°12′E]
Connolly Basin Western Australia 9 km < 60 million [23°32′S 124°45′E]
Crawford South Australia 8.5 km > 35 million [34°43′S 139°2′E]
Dalgaranga Western Australia 0.024 km about 0.27 million [27°38′S 117°17′E]
Flaxman South Australia 10 km > 35 million [34°37′S 139°4′E]
Foelsche Northern Territory 6 km > 545 million [N°16′40 S°136′47]
Goat Paddock Western Australia 5.1 km < 50 million [18°20′S 126°40′E]
Gosses Bluff Northern Territory 22 km 142.5 ± 0.8 million [23°49′S 132°19′E]
Goyder Northern Territory 3 km < 1.4 billion [13°9′S 135°2′E]
Henbury Northern Territory 0.157 km 4200 ± 1900 [24°34′S 133°8′E]
Kelly West Northern Territory 10 km > 550 million [19°56′S 133°57′E]
Lawn Hill Queensland 18 km > 515 million [18°40′S 138°39′E]
Liverpool Northern Territory 1.6 km 150 ± 70 million [12°24′S 134°3′E]
Mount Toondina South Australia 4 km < 110 million [27°57′S 135°22′E]
Piccaninny Western Australia 7 km < 360 million [17°32′S 128°25′E]
Shoemaker (was Teague) Western Australia 30 km 1630 ± 5 million [25°52′S 120°53′E]
Spider Western Australia 13 km > 570 million [16°44′S 126°5′E]
Strangways Northern Territory 25 km 646 ± 42 million [15°12′S 133°35′E]
Tookoonooka Queensland 55 km 128 ± 5 million [27°7′S 142°50′E]
Veevers Western Australia 0.08 km < 1 million [22°58′S 125°22′E]
Wolfe Creek Western Australia 0.875 km 300,000 [19°10′S 127°48′E]
Woodleigh Western Australia 40 km 364 ± 8 million [26°3′S 114°39′E]
Yarrabubba Western Australia 30 km about 2 billion [27°10′S 118°50′E]

New Zealand and Oceania
Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Mahuika under sea near New Zealand 20 ± 2 km made October 1422 AD? [48°18′S 166°24′E]

Europe

Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Boltysh Ukraine 24 km 65.17 ± 0.64 million [48°45′N 32°10′E]
Dellen Sweden 19 km 89.0 ± 2.7 million [61°48′N 16°48′E]
Dobele Latvia 4.5 km 290 ± 35 million [56°35′N 23°15′E]
Gardnos Norway 5 km 500 ± 10 million [60°39′N 9°0′E]
Granby Sweden 3 km about 470 million [58°25′N 14°56′E]
Gusev Russia 3 km 49.0 ± 0.2 million [48°26′N 40°32′E]
Ilumetsä Estonia 0.08 km > 2000 [57°58′N 27°25′E]
Ilyinets Ukraine 8.5 km 378 ± 5 million [49°7′N 29°6′E]
Iso-Naakkima Finland 3 km > 1 billion [62°11′N 27°9′E]
Jänisjärvi Russia 14 km 700 ± 5 million [61°58′N 30°55′E]
Kaalijärv Saaremaa, Estonia group of 9, max 110 meters 4000 ± 1000 [58°24′N 22°40′E]
Kaluga Russia 15 km 380 ± 5 million [54°30′N 36°12′E]
Kamensk Russia 25 km 49.0 ± 0.2 million [48°21′N 40°30′E]
Kärdla Estonia 4 km about 455 million [59°1′N 22°46′E]
Karikkoselkä Finland 1.4 km (or 2.4 km?) 240 million [62°13′N 25°15′E]
Karla Russia 10 km 5 ± 1 million [54°55′N 48°2′E]
Keurusselkä Finland 30 km <1.8 billion [62°8′N 24°36′E]
Kursk Russia 6 km 250 ± 80 million [51°42′N 36°0′E]
Lappajärvi Finland 23 km 73.3 ± 5.3 million [63°12′N 23°42′E]
Lockne Sweden 7.5 km 455 million [63°0′N 14°49′E]
Logoisk Belarus 15 km 42.3 ± 1.1 million [54°12′N 27°48′E]
Lumparn Finland 9 km about 1 billion [60°9′N 20°6′E]
Mien Sweden 9 km 121.0 ± 2.3 million [56°25′N 14°52′E]
Mishina Gora Russia 4 km 300 ± 50 million [58°43′N 28°3′E]
Mizarai Lithuania 5 km 500 ± 20 million [54°1′N 23°54′E]
Mjølnir Barents Sea, Norway 40 km 142.0 ± 2.6 million [73°48′N 29°40′E]
Morasko Poland 0.1 km < 10,000 [52°29′N 16°54′E]
Neugrund Estonia 8 km about 470 million [59°20′N 23°40′E]
Nördlinger Ries Germany 25 km 14.8 million [48°53′N 10°37′E]
Obolon' Ukraine 20 km 169 ± 7 million [49°35′N 32°55′E]
Paasselkä Finland 10 km < 1.8 billion [62°2′N 29°5′E]
Puchezh-Katunki Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 80 km 167 ± 3 million [56°58′N 43°43′E]
Ries Germany 24 km 15.1 ± 0.1 million [48°53′N 10°37′E]
Rochechouart France 23 km 214 ± 8 million [45°50′N 0°56′E]
Rotmistrovka Ukraine 2.7 km 120 ± 10 million [49°0′N 32°0′E]
Saarijärvi Finland 1.5 km > 600 million [65°17′N 28°23′E]
Shunak Kazakhstan 2.8 km 45 ± 10 million [47°12′N 72°42′E]
Siljan Sweden 52 km 361.0 ± 1.1 million [61°2′N 14°52′E]
Steinheim Germany 3.8 km 15 ± 1 million [48°41′N 10°4′E]
Suavjärvi Russia 16 km about 2.4 billion [63°7′N 33°23′E]
Suvasvesi North Finland 4 km < 1000 million [62°42′N 28°10′E]
Sääksjärvi Finland 6 km about 560 million [61°24′N 22°24′E]
Silverpit North Sea near England 2.4 km + rings about 65 million [61°24′N 22°24′E]
Söderfjärden Finland 5.5 km about 600 million [63°2′N 21°35′E]
Ternovka Ukraine 11 km 280 ± 10 million [48°08′N 33°31′E]
Tvären Sweden 2 km about 455 million [58°46′N 17°25′E]
Vepriai Lithuania 8 km > 160 ± 10 million [55°5′N 24°35′E]
Zapadnaya Ukraine 3.2 km 165 ± 5 million [49°44′N 29°0′E]
Zeleny Gai Ukraine 2.5 km 80 ± 20 million [48°4′N 32°45′E]

North America

United States
Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Ames Oklahoma 16 km 470 ± 30 million [36°15′N 98°12′W]
Avak Alaska 12 km > 95 million [71°15′N 156°38′W]
Barringer Arizona 1.186 km 49000 ± 3000 [35°2′N 111°1′W]
Beaverhead Montana 60 km about 600 million [44°36′N 113°0′W]
Calvin Michigan 8.5 km 450 ± 10 million [41°50′N 85°57′W]
Carolina bays Coastal Carolinas small, multiple
Chesapeake Bay Virginia 90 km 35.5 ± 0.3 million [37°17′N 76°1′W]
Cloud Creek Wyoming 7 km 190 ± 30 million [43°7′N 106°45′W]
Crooked Creek Missouri 7 km 320 ± 80 million [37°50′N 91°23′W]
Decaturville Missouri 6 km < 300 million [37°54′N 92°43′W]
Des Plaines Illinois 8 km < 280 million [42°3′N 87°52′W]
Flynn Creek Tennessee 3.8 km 360 ± 20 million [36°17′N 85°40′W]
Glasford Illinois 4 km < 430 million [40°36′N 89°47′W]
Glover Bluff Wisconsin 8 km < 500 million [43°58′N 89°32′W]
Haviland Kansas 15 meters < 1000 [37°35′N 99°10′W]
Kentland Indiana 13 km < 97 million [40°45′N 87°24′W]
Manson Iowa 35 km 73.8 ± 0.3 million [42°35′N 94°33′W]
Marquez Texas 12.7 km 58 ± 2 million [31°17′N 96°18′W]
Middlesboro Kentucky 6 km < 300 million [36°37′N 83°44′W]
Newporte North Dakota 3.2 km < 500 million [48°58′N 101°58′W]
Odessa Texas 168 meters < 50,000 [31°45′N 102°29′W]
[Panther Mountain] Catskills, New York 10 km 375 million [42°4′N 74°24′W]
Red Wing North Dakota 9 km 200 ± 25 million [47°36′N 103°33′W]
Rock Elm Wisconsin 6 km < 505 million [44°43′N 92°14′W]
Serpent Mound Ohio 8 km < 320 million [39°2′N 83°24′W]
Sierra Madera Texas 13 km < 100 million [30°36′N 102°55′W]
Snows Island Crater South Carolina 5 km older than Carolina bays
Upheaval Dome Utah 10 km < 170 million [38°26′N 109°54′W]
Weaubleau-Osceola structure Missouri 12 km 200 ± 100 million near Osceola & Weaubleau
Wells Creek western Missouri 19 km 310 to 340 million [36°23′N 87°40′W]
Wetumpka Alabama 6.5 km 81.0 ± 1.5 million [32°31′N 86°10′W]

Canada
Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Brent Ontario 3.8 km 396 ± 20 million [46°5′N 78°29′W]
Carswell Saskatchewan 39 km 115 ± 10 million [58°27′N 109°30′W]
Charlevoix Quebec 54 km 342 ± 15 million [47°32′N 70°18′W]
Couture Quebec 8 km 430 ± 25 million [60°8′N 75°20′W]
Deep Bay Saskatchewan 13 km 99 ± 4 million [56°24′N 102°59′W]
Eagle Butte crater Alberta 10 km < 65 million [49°42′N 110°30′W]
Elbow Saskatchewan 8 km 395 ± 25 million [50°59′N 106°43′W]
Gow Saskatchewan 5 km < 250 million [56°27′N 104°29′W]
Haughton impact crater Devon Island, Nunavut 24 km 23 ± 1 million [75°22′N 89°41′W]
Holleford Ontario 2.35 km 550 ± 100 million [44°28′N 76°38′W]
Île Rouleau Quebec 4 km < 300 million [50°41′N 73°53′W]
La Moinerie Quebec 8 km 400 ± 50 million [57°26′N 66°37′W]
Lac à l'Eau Claire Est
Clearwater East
Quebec 26 km 290 ± 20 million [56°5′N 74°7′W]
Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest
Clearwater West
Quebec 36 km 290 ± 20 million [56°13′N 74°30′W]
Manicouagan Quebec 100 km 214 ± 1 million [51°23′N 68°42′W]
Maple Creek Saskatchewan 6 km < 75 million [49°48′N 109°6′W]
Mistastin Labrador 28 km 36.4 ± 4 million [55°53′N 63°18′W]
Montagnais Nova Scotia 45 km 50.50 ± 0.76 million [42°53′N 64°13′W]
Nicholson Northwest Territories 12.5 km < 400 million [62°40′N 102°41′W]
Nouveau-Québec
New Quebec
Quebec 3.44 km 1.4 ± 0.1 million [61°17′N 73°40′W]
Pilot Northwest Territories 6 km 445 ± 2 million [60°17′N 111°1′W]
Presqu'île Quebec 24 km < 500 million [49°43′N 74°48′W]
Saint Martin Manitoba 40 km 220 ± 32 million [51°47′N 98°32′W]
Slate Islands Ontario 30 km about 450 million [48°40′N 87°0′W]
Steen River Alberta 25 km 91 ± 7 million [59°30′N 117°38′W]
Sudbury Ontario 250 km 1850 ± 3 million [46°36′N 81°11′W]
Viewfield Saskatchewan 2.5 km 190 ± 20 million [49°35′N 103°4′W]
Wanapitei Ontario 7.5 km 37.2 ± 1.2 million [46°45′N 80°45′W]
West Hawk Manitoba 2.44 km 351 ± 20 million [49°46′N 95°11′W]

Central America
Name Location Diameter Age (years) coordinates
Chicxulub Yucatan, Mexico 170 km 64.98 ± 0.05 million [21°20′N 89°30′W]
Gatun structure Panama 2.7-3 km 20 million [09°05′58.1″N, 79°47′21.8″W]

South America

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