swap_horiz Chicxulub Alternatives

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Vredefort

The Vredefort Dome is a massive impact crater formed approximately 2.03 billion years ago during Earth’s Precambrian era...

South Africa Large Impact Earth

9.9 Brilliant

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Manicouagan

The Manicouagan Crater is a massive impact structure in Quebec, Canada dating back to the Triassic period. Its exception...

Canada Large Impact Earth

9.6 Brilliant

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Sudbury Basin

The Sudbury Basin is a massive impact crater formed approximately 1.85 billion years ago in present-day Canada. It repre...

Canada Large Impact Earth

9.2 Excellent

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Popigai

Popigai is a massive impact crater located in Siberia, Russia. Formed during the Eocene epoch approximately 35 million y...

Russia Large Impact Earth

8.9 Great

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Tin Bider

Tin Bider is a multi-ringed meteorite impact crater situated in Algeria, notable for its distinct concentric rings and a...

Impact Medium Algeria Earth

7.0 Good

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Wetumpka

Wetumpka is a marine-target meteorite impact crater in Alabama, United States, notable for its Late Cretaceous age and d...

USA Impact Medium Earth

7.0 Good

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Carswell

Carswell is a meteorite impact structure in Saskatchewan, Canada, notable for its prominent ring-like geological feature...

Canada Large Impact Earth

7.0 Good

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Boltysh

Boltysh is a meteorite impact crater in central Ukraine, notable for its 24-kilometer diameter and formation approximate...

Impact Medium Ukraine Earth

7.0 Good

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Yarrabubba

Yarrabubba is a meteorite impact crater in Western Australia notable for being the oldest currently known impact structu...

Australia Large Impact Earth

6.8 Fair

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Keurusselkä

Keurusselkä is a heavily eroded meteorite impact crater in Finland, notable for its ancient formation approximately 1.1...

Large Impact Finland Earth

6.0 Fair

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Talemzane

Talemzane, also known as Maadna, is a prominent meteorite impact crater in Algeria, notable for its 1.75-kilometer diame...

Small Impact Algeria Earth

5.8 Mediocre

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Karikkoselkä

Karikkoselkä is a meteorite impact crater in Finland, notable for forming a lake with a central island and having an est...

Small Impact Finland Earth

5.8 Mediocre

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Karla

Karla is a meteorite impact crater in Tatarstan, Russia, notable for its estimated 10-kilometer diameter and its geologi...

Russia Impact Medium Earth

5.5 Mediocre

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Rotmistrivka

Rotmistrivka is a meteorite impact crater in Ukraine, notable for its 2.7-kilometer diameter and its formation approxima...

Small Impact Ukraine Earth

5.0 Mediocre

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Ouarkziz

Ouarkziz is an ancient meteorite impact crater located in Algeria, notable for its 3.5-kilometer diameter and estimated...

Small Impact Algeria Earth

4.8 Poor

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Yallalie

Yallalie is a buried meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, notable for its distinct ring-shaped gravity anomaly...

Australia Impact Medium Earth

4.5 Poor

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Steen River

Steen River is a buried meteorite impact crater in Alberta, Canada, notable for its discovery through petroleum explorat...

Canada Impact Medium Earth

4.5 Poor

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Eagle Butte

Eagle Butte is a buried meteorite impact structure located in Alberta, Canada, notable for its sub-surface ring feature...

Canada Impact Medium Earth

4.5 Poor

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Obolon

Obolon is a meteorite impact crater in central Ukraine, notable for its estimated 15-kilometer diameter and its formatio...

Impact Medium Ukraine Earth

4.5 Poor

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Ternovka

Ternovka is a meteorite impact crater in Ukraine, estimated to be about 280 to 350 million years old, with a current sur...

Small Impact Ukraine Earth

4.5 Poor