Haughton Crater
Coordinates: 75 ° 22 ′ N , 89 ° 41 ′ W
The Haughton Crater is an impact crater . It is located on Devon Island in Nunavut Territory , an area of the Canadian Arctic . It has a diameter of 20 kilometers and was formed by a meteorite impact 39 million years ago. It is one of the northernmost craters that have been discovered so far (75 ° 22'N, 89 ° 41'W). It is the only known crater on earth that is surrounded by polar ice desert .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Haughton . In: Earth Impact Database . Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
Web links
- BJ Glass1, S. Domville1, P. Lee: Further geophysical studies of the Haughton Impact Structure , NASA-Ames Research Center (English)