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List of impact structures in Australia

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The following structures are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for
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Geophysical anomalies and quartz microstructures, Eastern Warburton Basin, North-east South Australia: Tectonic or impact shock metamorphic origin?
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Gnargoo: a possible 75 km-diameter post-Early Permian–pre-Cretaceous buried impact structure, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
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some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven.
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World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia: Meteorite broke in two, leaving two craters each 200 km across
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Erickson, Timmons M.; Kirkland, Christopher L.; Timms, Nicholas E.; Cavosie, Aaron J.; Davison, Thomas M. (2020).
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The convincing identification of terrestrial meteorite impact structures: What works, what doesn't, and why
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Glikson, A.Y., Meixner, A.J., Radke, B., Uysal, I.T., Saygin, E., Vickers, J. and Mernagh, T.P., 2015.
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Becker, L., Poreda, R.J., Basu, A.R., Pope, K.O., Harrison, T.M., Nicholson, C., and Iasky, R., 2004.
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Geophysical anomalies and quartz deformation of the Warburton West structure, central Australia.
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An asteroid impact origin of the Hirnantian (end-Ordovician) glaciation and mass extinction.
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Geophysics and origin of the Deniliquin multiple-ring feature, Southeast Australia.
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Bedout: a possible end-Permian impact crater offshore of northwestern Australia
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The Diamantina River ring feature, Winton region, western Queensland.
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Glikson, A.Y., Uysal, I.T., Gerald, J.D.F. and Saygin, E., 2013.
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Locations of confirmed impact craters in Australia, maximum ages:
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Welshpool, W. A. : Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed.
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The geology of Darwin crater, western Tasmania, Australia
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Geoscience Australia. 17 March 2015 2779:French, B.M., and Koeberl, C., 2010. 2684:Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara (2009) 2939:Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2850:Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2894: 2802:Earth and Planetary Science Letters 13: 14: 3586: 2948: 3570:Lists of impact craters on Earth 3101: 3095: 2364:Deniliquin multiple-ring feature 391: 382: 373: 364: 348: 339: 330: 321: 312: 303: 294: 285: 276: 267: 258: 249: 240: 231: 222: 213: 204: 195: 186: 177: 168: 159: 150: 141: 132: 123: 114: 107: 3575:Australia geology-related lists 2855: 2699: 2678: 87:27 confirmed impact structures 1: 3532:Lunar and Planetary Institute 3364:Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary 2686:Australia's meteorite craters 2665:Lunar and Planetary Institute 2421:Diamantina River ring feature 2205:Unconfirmed impact structures 101:Impact structures - confirmed 7: 3565:Impact craters of Australia 3424:Planar deformation features 2964:University of New Brunswick 2629: 2499: 2440: 2376: 2319: 2260: 2157: 2094: 2035: 1976: 1917: 1858: 1799: 1740: 1681: 1622: 1563: 1502: 1443: 1384: 1325: 1266: 1207: 1148: 1089: 1030: 971: 912: 853: 794: 735: 676: 617: 558: 499: 440: 75:GPX (secondary coordinates) 10: 3591: 3527:Impact Field Studies Group 2973:Impact Field Studies Group 2770:, 304(5676), pp.1469-1476. 2732:10.1038/s41467-019-13985-7 2208: 24:equirectangular projection 3462: 3331: 3110: 3093: 3034: 3016: 3010:Impact cratering on Earth 2139:Yallalie Impact Structure 2085:Newman, Western Australia 70:GPX (primary coordinates) 45:Map all coordinates using 3497:William Kenneth Hartmann 3163:Clearwater East and West 3111:Confirmed≥20 km diameter 2671: 2114:23.037056°S 119.683139°E 1382:< 1402 ± 440 million 53:Download coordinates as: 34:as of November 2017 (in 3414:Ordovician meteor event 2804:, 260(1-2), pp.328-339. 85:This list includes all 3517:Eugene Merle Shoemaker 3394:Late Heavy Bombardment 2941:, 52(4-5), pp.575-586. 2787:, 98(1-2), pp.123-170. 2604:24.80667°S 115.22472°E 2556:about 300-360 million 2497:about 300-360 million 2396:35.53333°S 144.96667°E 2178:30.45139°S 115.78250°E 2119:-23.037056; 119.683139 1404:15.50111°S 131.17861°E 39: 3560:Earth Impact Database 3538:Traces of Catastrophe 3522:Earth Impact Database 3470:Ralph Belknap Baldwin 2960:Earth Impact Database 2829:Glikson, A.Y., 2023. 2785:Earth-Science Reviews 2712:Nature Communications 2661:Traces of Catastrophe 2655:Earth Impact Database 95:Earth Impact Database 65:GPX (all coordinates) 32:Earth Impact Database 21: 2852:, 63(5), pp.653-663. 2609:-24.80667; 115.22472 2544:West Warburton Basin 2530:East Warburton Basin 2485:East Warburton Basin 2401:-35.53333; 144.96667 2368:Southeast Australia 2183:-30.45139; 115.78250 1409:-15.50111; 131.17861 1028:142.5 ± 0.8 million 359:class=notpageimage| 2724:2020NatCo..11..300E 2599: /  2514: /  2455: /  2391: /  2334: /  2275: /  2173: /  2109: /  2050: /  1991: /  1932: /  1873: /  1814: /  1755: /  1696: /  1637: /  1578: /  1517: /  1458: /  1399: /  1340: /  1323:1000 - 543 million 1281: /  1222: /  1163: /  1104: /  1045: /  986: /  927: /  868: /  809: /  750: /  691: /  632: /  573: /  514: /  497:1660 - 600 million 455: /  3434:Shock metamorphism 3339:Alvarez hypothesis 2836:, 118, pp.153-159. 2519:27.000°S 140.083°E 2339:42.317°S 145.667°E 2092:10 - 100 thousand 2055:30.633°S 121.100°E 1996:27.167°S 118.833°E 1937:26.050°S 114.667°E 1878:19.167°S 127.800°E 1819:22.967°S 125.367°E 1760:27.117°S 142.833°E 1701:15.200°S 133.583°E 1672:Northern Territory 1642:16.733°S 126.083°E 1583:25.867°S 120.883°E 1550:(formerly Teague) 1522:17.433°S 128.433°E 1463:27.950°S 135.367°E 1375:Northern Territory 1345:12.400°S 134.050°E 1316:Northern Territory 1286:18.667°S 138.650°E 1227:19.933°S 133.950°E 1198:Northern Territory 1168:24.567°S 133.150°E 1139:Northern Territory 1109:13.150°S 135.033°E 1080:Northern Territory 1050:23.817°S 132.317°E 1021:Northern Territory 991:18.333°S 126.667°E 932:23.983°S 121.567°E 873:16.667°S 136.783°E 844:Northern Territory 814:34.617°S 139.067°E 755:27.633°S 117.283°E 696:34.717°S 139.033°E 637:23.533°S 124.750°E 578:22.617°S 135.200°E 549:Northern Territory 519:20.917°S 134.833°E 490:Northern Territory 460:32.017°S 135.450°E 438:about 590 million 40: 3547: 3546: 3487:Edward C. T. Chao 2834:Gondwana Research 2820:, 837, no.229454. 2694:978-1-920843-96-0 2627: 2626: 2573:Western Australia 2251:Western Australia 2202: 2201: 2148:Western Australia 2026:Western Australia 1967:Western Australia 1908:Western Australia 1849:Western Australia 1797:< 20 thousand 1790:Western Australia 1679:646 ± 42 million 1620:> 570 million 1613:Western Australia 1554:Western Australia 1500:< 360 million 1493:Western Australia 1441:< 110 million 1264:> 515 million 1205:> 550 million 1087:< 1.4 billion 962:Western Australia 910:< 508 million 903:Western Australia 851:> 545 million 726:Western Australia 608:Western Australia 93:as listed in the 28:impact structures 3582: 3512:Peter H. Schultz 3475:Daniel Barringer 3384:Impact structure 3105: 3099: 3003: 2996: 2989: 2980: 2979: 2942: 2931: 2925: 2924:, 643, pp.55-72. 2915: 2909: 2901: 2892: 2891:, 589, pp.57-76. 2881: 2875: 2874: 2872: 2870: 2859: 2853: 2843: 2837: 2827: 2821: 2811: 2805: 2794: 2788: 2777: 2771: 2760: 2754: 2753: 2743: 2703: 2697: 2682: 2657:– primary source 2623: 2622: 2620: 2619: 2618: 2616: 2611: 2610: 2605: 2600: 2597: 2596: 2595: 2592: 2582: 2538: 2537: 2535: 2534: 2533: 2531: 2526: 2525: 2524:-27.000; 140.083 2520: 2515: 2512: 2511: 2510: 2507: 2479: 2478: 2476: 2475: 2474: 2472: 2467: 2466: 2461: 2456: 2453: 2452: 2451: 2448: 2427:Diamantina River 2415: 2414: 2412: 2411: 2410: 2408: 2403: 2402: 2397: 2392: 2389: 2388: 2387: 2384: 2358: 2357: 2355: 2354: 2353: 2351: 2346: 2345: 2344:-42.317; 145.667 2340: 2335: 2332: 2331: 2330: 2327: 2299: 2298: 2296: 2295: 2294: 2292: 2287: 2286: 2281: 2276: 2273: 2272: 2271: 2268: 2219: 2218: 2197: 2196: 2194: 2193: 2192: 2190: 2185: 2184: 2179: 2174: 2171: 2170: 2169: 2166: 2133: 2132: 2130: 2129: 2128: 2126: 2121: 2120: 2115: 2110: 2107: 2106: 2105: 2102: 2074: 2073: 2071: 2070: 2069: 2067: 2062: 2061: 2060:-30.633; 121.100 2056: 2051: 2048: 2047: 2046: 2043: 2015: 2014: 2012: 2011: 2010: 2008: 2003: 2002: 2001:-27.167; 118.833 1997: 1992: 1989: 1988: 1987: 1984: 1956: 1955: 1953: 1952: 1951: 1949: 1944: 1943: 1942:-26.050; 114.667 1938: 1933: 1930: 1929: 1928: 1925: 1915:364 ± 8 million 1897: 1896: 1894: 1893: 1892: 1890: 1885: 1884: 1883:-19.167; 127.800 1879: 1874: 1871: 1870: 1869: 1866: 1838: 1837: 1835: 1834: 1833: 1831: 1826: 1825: 1824:-22.967; 125.367 1820: 1815: 1812: 1811: 1810: 1807: 1779: 1778: 1776: 1775: 1774: 1772: 1767: 1766: 1765:-27.117; 142.833 1761: 1756: 1753: 1752: 1751: 1748: 1738:128 ± 5 million 1720: 1719: 1717: 1716: 1715: 1713: 1708: 1707: 1706:-15.200; 133.583 1702: 1697: 1694: 1693: 1692: 1689: 1661: 1660: 1658: 1657: 1656: 1654: 1649: 1648: 1647:-16.733; 126.083 1643: 1638: 1635: 1634: 1633: 1630: 1602: 1601: 1599: 1598: 1597: 1595: 1590: 1589: 1588:-25.867; 120.883 1584: 1579: 1576: 1575: 1574: 1571: 1541: 1540: 1538: 1537: 1536: 1534: 1529: 1528: 1527:-17.433; 128.433 1523: 1518: 1515: 1514: 1513: 1510: 1482: 1481: 1479: 1478: 1477: 1475: 1470: 1469: 1468:-27.950; 135.367 1464: 1459: 1456: 1455: 1454: 1451: 1423: 1422: 1420: 1419: 1418: 1416: 1411: 1410: 1405: 1400: 1397: 1396: 1395: 1392: 1364: 1363: 1361: 1360: 1359: 1357: 1352: 1351: 1350:-12.400; 134.050 1346: 1341: 1338: 1337: 1336: 1333: 1305: 1304: 1302: 1301: 1300: 1298: 1293: 1292: 1291:-18.667; 138.650 1287: 1282: 1279: 1278: 1277: 1274: 1246: 1245: 1243: 1242: 1241: 1239: 1234: 1233: 1232:-19.933; 133.950 1228: 1223: 1220: 1219: 1218: 1215: 1187: 1186: 1184: 1183: 1182: 1180: 1175: 1174: 1173:-24.567; 133.150 1169: 1164: 1161: 1160: 1159: 1156: 1128: 1127: 1125: 1124: 1123: 1121: 1116: 1115: 1114:-13.150; 135.033 1110: 1105: 1102: 1101: 1100: 1097: 1069: 1068: 1066: 1065: 1064: 1062: 1057: 1056: 1055:-23.817; 132.317 1051: 1046: 1043: 1042: 1041: 1038: 1010: 1009: 1007: 1006: 1005: 1003: 998: 997: 996:-18.333; 126.667 992: 987: 984: 983: 982: 979: 969:< 50 million 951: 950: 948: 947: 946: 944: 939: 938: 937:-23.983; 121.567 933: 928: 925: 924: 923: 920: 892: 891: 889: 888: 887: 885: 880: 879: 878:-16.667; 136.783 874: 869: 866: 865: 864: 861: 833: 832: 830: 829: 828: 826: 821: 820: 819:-34.617; 139.067 815: 810: 807: 806: 805: 802: 792:> 35 million 774: 773: 771: 770: 769: 767: 762: 761: 760:-27.633; 117.283 756: 751: 748: 747: 746: 743: 715: 714: 712: 711: 710: 708: 703: 702: 701:-34.717; 139.033 697: 692: 689: 688: 687: 684: 674:> 35 million 656: 655: 653: 652: 651: 649: 644: 643: 642:-23.533; 124.750 638: 633: 630: 629: 628: 625: 615:< 60 million 597: 596: 594: 593: 592: 590: 585: 584: 583:-22.617; 135.200 579: 574: 571: 570: 569: 566: 538: 537: 535: 534: 533: 531: 526: 525: 524:-20.917; 134.833 520: 515: 512: 511: 510: 507: 479: 478: 476: 475: 474: 472: 467: 466: 465:-32.017; 135.450 461: 456: 453: 452: 451: 448: 403: 402: 395: 386: 377: 368: 352: 351: 343: 342: 334: 333: 325: 324: 316: 315: 307: 306: 298: 297: 289: 288: 280: 279: 271: 270: 262: 261: 253: 252: 244: 243: 235: 234: 226: 225: 217: 216: 208: 207: 199: 198: 190: 189: 181: 180: 172: 171: 163: 162: 154: 153: 145: 144: 136: 135: 127: 126: 118: 117: 111: 3590: 3589: 3585: 3584: 3583: 3581: 3580: 3579: 3550: 3549: 3548: 3543: 3492:Robert S. Dietz 3480:Barringer Medal 3458: 3369:Cryptoexplosion 3327: 3258:Puchezh-Katunki 3238:Nördlinger Ries 3106: 3100: 3091: 3057:Asia and Russia 3030: 3012: 3007: 2969:Impact Database 2951: 2946: 2945: 2932: 2928: 2916: 2912: 2902: 2895: 2882: 2878: 2868: 2866: 2861: 2860: 2856: 2844: 2840: 2828: 2824: 2812: 2808: 2795: 2791: 2778: 2774: 2761: 2757: 2704: 2700: 2683: 2679: 2674: 2632: 2614: 2612: 2608: 2606: 2602: 2601: 2598: 2593: 2590: 2588: 2586: 2585: 2569:Carnarvon Basin 2549:South Australia 2529: 2527: 2523: 2521: 2517: 2516: 2513: 2508: 2505: 2503: 2501: 2500: 2490:South Australia 2470: 2468: 2464: 2462: 2460:22.15°S 141.9°E 2458: 2457: 2454: 2449: 2446: 2444: 2442: 2441: 2406: 2404: 2400: 2398: 2394: 2393: 2390: 2385: 2382: 2380: 2378: 2377: 2349: 2347: 2343: 2341: 2337: 2336: 2333: 2328: 2325: 2323: 2321: 2320: 2290: 2288: 2284: 2282: 2278: 2277: 2274: 2269: 2266: 2264: 2262: 2261: 2229: 2213: 2207: 2189:Yallalie Crater 2188: 2186: 2182: 2180: 2176: 2175: 2172: 2167: 2164: 2162: 2160: 2159: 2124: 2122: 2118: 2116: 2112: 2111: 2108: 2103: 2100: 2098: 2096: 2095: 2065: 2063: 2059: 2057: 2053: 2052: 2049: 2044: 2041: 2039: 2037: 2036: 2006: 2004: 2000: 1998: 1994: 1993: 1990: 1985: 1982: 1980: 1978: 1977: 1974:> 2 billion 1947: 1945: 1941: 1939: 1935: 1934: 1931: 1926: 1923: 1921: 1919: 1918: 1888: 1886: 1882: 1880: 1876: 1875: 1872: 1867: 1864: 1862: 1860: 1859: 1829: 1827: 1823: 1821: 1817: 1816: 1813: 1808: 1805: 1803: 1801: 1800: 1770: 1768: 1764: 1762: 1758: 1757: 1754: 1749: 1746: 1744: 1742: 1741: 1711: 1709: 1705: 1703: 1699: 1698: 1695: 1690: 1687: 1685: 1683: 1682: 1652: 1650: 1646: 1644: 1640: 1639: 1636: 1631: 1628: 1626: 1624: 1623: 1593: 1591: 1587: 1585: 1581: 1580: 1577: 1572: 1569: 1567: 1565: 1564: 1549: 1532: 1530: 1526: 1524: 1520: 1519: 1516: 1511: 1508: 1506: 1504: 1503: 1473: 1471: 1467: 1465: 1461: 1460: 1457: 1452: 1449: 1447: 1445: 1444: 1434:South Australia 1414: 1412: 1408: 1406: 1402: 1401: 1398: 1393: 1390: 1388: 1386: 1385: 1355: 1353: 1349: 1347: 1343: 1342: 1339: 1334: 1331: 1329: 1327: 1326: 1296: 1294: 1290: 1288: 1284: 1283: 1280: 1275: 1272: 1270: 1268: 1267: 1237: 1235: 1231: 1229: 1225: 1224: 1221: 1216: 1213: 1211: 1209: 1208: 1178: 1176: 1172: 1170: 1166: 1165: 1162: 1157: 1154: 1152: 1150: 1149: 1119: 1117: 1113: 1111: 1107: 1106: 1103: 1098: 1095: 1093: 1091: 1090: 1060: 1058: 1054: 1052: 1048: 1047: 1044: 1039: 1036: 1034: 1032: 1031: 1001: 999: 995: 993: 989: 988: 985: 980: 977: 975: 973: 972: 942: 940: 936: 934: 930: 929: 926: 921: 918: 916: 914: 913: 883: 881: 877: 875: 871: 870: 867: 862: 859: 857: 855: 854: 824: 822: 818: 816: 812: 811: 808: 803: 800: 798: 796: 795: 785:South Australia 765: 763: 759: 757: 753: 752: 749: 744: 741: 739: 737: 736: 706: 704: 700: 698: 694: 693: 690: 685: 682: 680: 678: 677: 667:South Australia 647: 645: 641: 639: 635: 634: 631: 626: 623: 621: 619: 618: 588: 586: 582: 580: 576: 575: 572: 567: 564: 562: 560: 559: 529: 527: 523: 521: 517: 516: 513: 508: 505: 503: 501: 500: 470: 468: 464: 462: 458: 457: 454: 449: 446: 444: 442: 441: 431:South Australia 413: 401: 400: 399: 390: 381: 372: 363: 361: 355: 354: 353: 345: 344: 336: 335: 327: 326: 318: 317: 309: 308: 300: 299: 291: 290: 282: 281: 273: 272: 264: 263: 255: 254: 246: 245: 237: 236: 228: 227: 219: 218: 210: 209: 201: 200: 192: 191: 183: 182: 174: 173: 165: 164: 156: 155: 147: 146: 138: 137: 129: 128: 120: 119: 103: 83: 82: 81: 80: 79: 12: 11: 5: 3588: 3578: 3577: 3572: 3567: 3562: 3545: 3544: 3542: 3541: 3534: 3529: 3524: 3519: 3514: 3509: 3504: 3499: 3494: 3489: 3484: 3483: 3482: 3472: 3466: 3464: 3460: 3459: 3457: 3456: 3451: 3446: 3441: 3439:Shocked quartz 3436: 3431: 3426: 3421: 3416: 3411: 3406: 3401: 3399:Lechatelierite 3396: 3391: 3386: 3381: 3376: 3374:Ejecta blanket 3371: 3366: 3361: 3359:Complex crater 3356: 3351: 3346: 3341: 3335: 3333: 3329: 3328: 3326: 3325: 3320: 3315: 3310: 3305: 3300: 3295: 3290: 3285: 3280: 3275: 3270: 3265: 3260: 3255: 3250: 3245: 3240: 3235: 3230: 3225: 3220: 3215: 3210: 3205: 3200: 3195: 3190: 3185: 3180: 3175: 3170: 3165: 3160: 3155: 3153:Chesapeake Bay 3150: 3145: 3140: 3135: 3130: 3125: 3120: 3114: 3112: 3108: 3107: 3094: 3092: 3090: 3089: 3084: 3079: 3074: 3069: 3064: 3059: 3054: 3049: 3044: 3038: 3036: 3032: 3031: 3029: 3028: 3023: 3017: 3014: 3013: 3006: 3005: 2998: 2991: 2983: 2977: 2976: 2966: 2957: 2950: 2949:External links 2947: 2944: 2943: 2926: 2922:Tectonophysics 2910: 2908:. 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Index


equirectangular projection
impact structures
Earth Impact Database
the SVG file,
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
27 confirmed impact structures
Australia
Earth Impact Database
List of impact structures in Australia is located in Australia
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Cenozoic

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Precambrian
Acraman
South Australia
32°1′S 135°27′E / 32.017°S 135.450°E / -32.017; 135.450 (Acraman)
Amelia Creek
Northern Territory
20°55′S 134°50′E / 20.917°S 134.833°E / -20.917; 134.833 (Amelia Creek)
Boxhole

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