Haviland crater
Coordinates: 37 ° 34 ′ 56.4 ″ N , 99 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W.
The Haviland Crater (also Brenham Crater ) is an impact crater in Kiowa County in the US state of Kansas that was created by a meteorite impact and is visible on the earth's surface . The oval crater has a diameter of about 15 meters, making it one of the smallest impact craters on earth. Its age is estimated to be less than 1000 years. More than 7,000 kilograms of pallasite meteorites were recovered.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Nininger, Harvey Harlow; Figgins, Jesse Dade (1934) "The excavation of a meteorite crater near Haviland, Kansas", American Journal of Science , v. 28n. 16, p. 312-313.
- ↑ Hodge, PW (1979) "The location of the site of the Haviland meteorite crater" Meteoritics , v. 14n. 2, p. 233-234.
- ↑ Haviland . In: Earth Impact Database . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Unusual meteorite found in Kansas - meteorite dug up October 16, 2006
