Glasford crater

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Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 89 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  W.

Glasford (Illinois)
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Location in United States

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The Glasford crater is a submerged, invisible from the surface impact crater at Glassford in southern Peoria County in Illinois in the United States of America. Its diameter is four kilometers and its age is estimated to be around 430 million years.

The impact structure was discovered during natural gas drilling.

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. Meteorite Research - Progress Report ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Research Subcommittee, Associate Committee on Meteorites, National Research Council of Canada , 1967  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usask.ca