Piccaninny crater

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Satellite image of the Piccaninny Crater ( Landsat )

Coordinates: 17 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  S , 128 ° 26 ′ 10 ″  E

Relief Map: Western Australia
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Piccaninny

Piccaninny is the name of a heavily eroded impact crater in the Purnululu National Park of Western Australia . The approximately 7 km large crater is named after Piccaninny Creek . The structure of the terrain is characterized by a circular course in the sandstone formations of the Bungle Bungle . The inaccessible structure was discovered in 1983 after reconnaissance flights and can be clearly seen on aerial and satellite images. Originally, crypto volcanism was suspected as a possible cause of the terrain formation . Later investigations in the field by Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker , however, provided evidence of a meteorite impact . Today the area is about one to two kilometers below the original crater floor. The age of the impact has not yet been determined exactly, but it must have occurred less than 360 million years ago.

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