Whitecourt crater
Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 115 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.
The Whitecourt Crater is an impact crater in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is located about 6 miles southeast of the town of Whitecourt in Woodlands County .
The crater is approximately 36 m in diameter and 9 m deep. Its age is estimated to be between 1080 and 1130 years, because the fragments of the meteorite lie above a carbon layer that came from a forest fire around 1100 years ago.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earth Impact Database - Whitecourt ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
