Strangways
Coordinates: 15 ° 12 ′ S , 133 ° 35 ′ E
Satellite image of the Strangways impact structure ( Landsat )
Strangways is a large impact structure in northern Australia .
The heavily eroded structure is located in the Northern Territory and is named after the nearby Strangways River . The circular structure is approximately 10 miles in diameter and is located in the sedimentary rocks of the McArthur Basin. Because of the significant erosion, however, this is only a relic of the crater. According to various investigations, the original crater was between 24 and 40 km in diameter. According to radiometric dating , the impact occurred 646 ± 42 million years ago.
The impact structure is very remote and difficult to access.
Web links
- Heiko Zumsprekel, Torsten Prinz uni-muenster.de Online-PDF The Shoemaker and Strangways Crater: Two impact structures in Australia in the GIS-based analysis of remote sensing and terrain data
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- Impact structures of the world Database by Jarmo Molianen.Retrieved October 13, 2010
- Earth Impact Database. Retrieved December 28, 2015