Top 10 Earth's largest meteor craters

There are about 176 meteorite holes discovered on Earth. Among them, there are big, unbelievable holes.

There are about 176 meteorite holes discovered on Earth. Among them, there are big, unbelievable holes.

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Clearwater Lake is a pair of meteorite craters located in Quebec, Canada,
near the coast of Hudson Bay.It dates back nearly 290 million years.

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Chicxulub pit is an impact crater due to the meteorite buried below
Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.This impact crater is more than 180km in diameter.

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Barringer meteorite pit is about 170m deep and has sugar
glass about 1.6 km, created from 50,000 years ago.

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Aorounga meteorite pit in Chad, Africa has wide width
about 12.6 km 2 .Dating back to 345 million years.

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Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in the world formed from va
touch of meteors with a width of about 8km. Ho lies on the side
southeast of Kumasi city, Ghana's second largest city.

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The Gosses Bluff crater on the west of Alice Spring, Australia is the collision trail of
a meteorite with a diameter of 5km down to Earth 140 years ago.

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Mistastin Lake in Canada has an area of ​​approx
16km 2 , is a vestige of a meteorite collision.

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Lake Kara-kul in Tajikistan formed due to a natural collision
jelly.The lake is located at an altitude of 3,900m above sea level.

Picture 9 of Top 10 Earth's largest meteor craters

Manicouagan meteorite pit is located in the harsh area of ​​the Canadian belt,
about 190 miles north of the city of Baie Comeau. Lake impulse
around the center of the emergence of craters with a diameter of about 65km.

Picture 10 of Top 10 Earth's largest meteor craters

Deep Bay in Vancouver, Canada is also a 'prod
of the meteorite impact on Earth.

Update 15 December 2018
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