Wolf Creek Crater

Wolf Creek Crater

      huge meteorite crater 65 miles (105 km) south of Halls Creek, Western Australia. The crater is on the edge of a little-explored desert and was first sighted from an airplane in 1937. It is 2,799 feet (853 m) in diameter and 151 feet (46 m) deep, with a rim standing 60–100 feet (18–30 m) above ground level. Only decayed meteoritic fragments have been found. It is considered an explosion crater because of its size. The crater site was made a national park (1968) with an area of 6 square miles (15 square km).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wolf Creek Crater Reserve — /wʊlf/ (say woolf) noun a geological site near Halls Creek, WA, containing the fourth largest crater of meteoritic origin in the world …  

  • Wolf Creek (Film) — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Wolf Creek Produktionsland Australien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wolf Creek (film) — Wolf Creek Australian release poster Directed by Greg McLean Produced by D …   Wikipedia

  • Wolf Creek — may refer to several places in the United States:Cities*Wolf Creek, Oregon, a town in OregonRivers*Wolf Creek (Minnesota), a tributary of the Cedar River (Iowa River) in Mower County, Minnesota *Wolf Creek (McCone County, Montana), a tributary of …   Wikipedia

  • Wolfe Creek Crater — is a meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in Western Australia.McNamara, K. Wolf Creek Crater illustrations by Ben Jackson. Perth, W.A : Western Australian Museum, 1982. ISBN 0 7244 9239 9] ,cite web | title = Wolfe Creek | work = Earth Impact… …   Wikipedia

  • Wolf Creek (метеорит) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek …   Википедия

  • Wolfe Creek Crater National Park — Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park Wolfe Creek Krater …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crater Lake National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …   Wikipedia

  • Wolf (disambiguation) — Wolf or wolves may refer to: Animals Canids* Gray Wolf, commonly referred to simply as the wolf , which has numerous subspecies including: ** Arctic Wolf ** Eastern Wolf ** Eurasian Wolf ** Japanese Wolf, extinct **Hokkaido Wolf **Honshū Wolf **… …   Wikipedia

  • Cratère de la rivière Wolf — Cratère de Wolfe Creek 19° 10′ 20″ S 127° 47′ 43″ E / 19.172222, 127.795250 …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”