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Beaverhead crater

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Confidence
  
confirmed

Exposed
  
Yes

Country
  
United States

Diameter
  
60,000 m

Age
  
600 million years

Drilled
  
No

State
  
Beaverhead crater United States Meteorite Impact Craters Beaverhead crater Montana

Beaverhead is an impact structure in central Idaho and western Montana in the United States. Estimated at 60 kilometers (37 mi) in diameter, it is one of the largest impact craters on Earth. Its age is estimated to be about 600 million years (late Neoproterozoic).

Beaverhead crater Beaverhead Impact Structure

The structure is named after the area in southwest Montana where evidence of an impact was first discovered in 1990. Other than the original shatter cones found on the perimeter, there is little visible evidence of the structure.

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Beaverhead crater Shatter cones from impact structures worldwide ERNSTSON CLAUDIN

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References

Beaverhead crater Wikipedia