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Beaverhead impact structure

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along the impact structure's perimeter provide some of the structure's only remaining visible evidence.
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This article about a specific United States geological feature is a
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region of southwestern Montana in which it was first discovered.
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in the formation of Leaton Gulch, Grouse Peak, northern
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Age
Coordinates
44°36′N 113°0′W / 44.600°N 113.000°W / 44.600; -113.000
Idaho
Montana
Beaverhead impact structure is located in Idaho
impact structure
U.S.
Idaho
Montana
impact crater on Earth
Neoproterozoic
shatter cones
Beaverhead
Idaho portal
Chesapeake Bay impact crater
List of impact craters in North America
"Beaverhead"
Earth Impact Database
Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton
conglomerate
breccia
Lost River Range
Aerial Exploration of the Beaverhead crater
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Idaho
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