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Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
Oklahoma, U.S.A.
N 36° 15'
W 98° 12'
16
470 ± 30
N
Y
M
-
Alaska, U.S.A.
N 71° 15'
W 156° 38'
12
3-95
N
Y
S
-
Arizona, U.S.A.
N 35° 2'
W 111° 1'
1.18
0.049 ± 0.003
Y
Y
S
IAB
Montana, U.S.A.
N 44° 36'
W 113° 0'
60
~ 600
Y
N
M
-
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 5'
W 78° 29'
3.8
452.8 ± 2.7
N
Y
C
Chondrite
Michigan, USA
N 41° 50'
W 85° 57'
8.5
450 ± 10
N
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 58° 27'
W 109° 30'
39
115 ± 10
Y
Y
M
-
Quebec, Canada
N 47° 32'
W 70° 18'
54
342 ± 15*
Y
Y
M
-
Virginia, U.S.A.
N 37° 17'
W 76° 1'
40****
35.5 ± 0.3
N
Y
M
-
Yucatan, Mexico
N 21° 20'
W 89° 30'
150****
64.98 ± 0.05
N
Y
M
Chondrite
Quebec, Canada
N 56° 5'
W 74° 7'
26
460-470
Y
Y
M
Chondrite
Quebec, Canada
N 56° 13'
W 74° 30'
36
290 ± 20
Y
Y
M
-
Wyoming, USA
N 43° 7'
W 106° 45'
7
190 ± 30
N
Y
S
-
Quebec, Canada
N 60° 8'
W 75° 20'
8
430 ± 25
Y
N
C
-
Missouri, U.S.A.
N 37° 50'
W 91° 23'
7
320 ± 80
Y
N
S
-
Missouri, U.S.A.
N 37° 54'
W 92° 43'
6
< 300
Y
Y
M
-
Iowa, U.S.A.
N 43° 19'
W 91° 46'
5.5 
~467-464
N
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 56° 24'
W 102° 59'
13
99 ± 4
N
Y
C
-
Illinois, U.S.A.
N 42° 3'
W 87° 52'
8
< 280
N
Y
S
-
Wyoming, U.S.A.
N 42° 40'
W 105° 28'
0.15 
~280
Y
N
S
-
Alberta, Canada
N 49° 42'
W 110° 30'
10
< 65
N
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 50° 59'
W 106° 43'
8
395 ± 25
N
Y
S
-
Tennessee, U.S.A.
N 36° 17'
W 85° 40'
3.8
360 ± 20
Y
Y
S
-
Illinois, U.S.A.
N 40° 36'
W 89° 47'
4
< 430
N
Y
S
-
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
N 43° 58'
W 89° 32'
8
< 500
Y
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 56° 27'
W 104° 29'
5
< 250
Y
N
C
Iron?
Nunavut, Canada
N 75° 22'
W 89° 41'
23
39
Y
N
S
-
Kansas, U.S.A.
N 37° 35'
W 99° 10'
0.01
< 0.001
Y
N
S
Pallasite
Ontario, Canada
N 44° 28'
W 76° 38'
2.35
550 ± 100
N
Y
C
-
Quebec, Canada
N 50° 41'
W 73° 53'
4
< 300
Y
N
S
-
Indiana, U.S.A.
N 40° 45'
W 87° 24'
13
< 97
Y
Y
S
-
Quebec, Canada
N 57° 26'
W 66° 37'
8
400 ± 50
Y
N
C
-
Quebec, Canada
N 51° 23'
W 68° 42'
85****
214 ± 1
Y
Y
M
-
Iowa, U.S.A.
N 42° 35'
W 94° 33'
35
73.8 ± 0.3
N
Y
M
Chondrite
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 49° 48'
W 109° 6'
6
< 75
N
Y
S
-
Texas, U.S.A.
N 31° 17'
W 96° 18'
12.7
58 ± 2
N
Y
S
-
Kentucky, U.S.A.
N 36° 37'
W 83° 44'
6
< 300
Y
Y
S
-
Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
N 55° 53'
W 63° 18'
28
36.4 ± 4
Y
N
C
Iron?
Nova Scotia, Canada
N 42° 53'
W 64° 13'
45
50.50 ± 0.76
N
Y
S
-
North Dakota, U.S.A.
N 48° 58'
W 101° 58'
3.2
< 500
N
Y
M
-
Quebec, Canada
N 61° 17'
W 73° 40'
3.44
1.4 ± 0.1
Y
N
C
Chondrite (L?)
NWT, Canada
N 62° 40'
W 102° 41'
12.5
< 400
N
N
M
Achondrite
Texas, U.S.A.
N 31° 45'
W 102° 29'
0.16
< 0.0635
Y
Y
S
IAB
NWT, Canada
N 60° 17'
W 111° 1'
6
445 ± 2
Y
N
C
-
Quebec, Canada
N 49° 43'
W 74° 48'
24
< 500
Y
N
C
-
North Dakota, U.S.A.
N 47° 36'
W 103° 33'
9
200 ± 25
N
Y
S
-
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
N 44° 43'
W 92° 14'
6
< 505
-
-
S
-
Manitoba, Canada
N 51° 47'
W 98° 32'
40
220 ± 32
N
Y
M
-
New Mexico , U.S.A.
N 35° 45'
W 105° 56'
6-13
<1200
N
N
M
-
Ohio, U.S.A.
N 39° 2'
W 83° 24'
8
< 320
Y
Y
S
-
Texas, U.S.A.
N 30° 36'
W 102° 55'
13
< 100
Y
Y
S
-
Ontario, Canada
N 48° 40'
W 87° 0'
30
~ 450
Y
N
C
-
Alberta, Canada
N 59° 30'
W 117° 38'
25
91± 7*
N
Y
M
-
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 36'
W 81° 11'
130****
1850 ± 3
Y
Y
C
-
Victoria Island, Arctic Canada
N 72° 28'
W 113° 58'
~ 25
>130, <450
Y
N
S
-
Utah, U.S.A.
N 38° 26'
W 109° 54'
10
< 170
Y
Y
S
-
Saskatchewan, Canada
N 49° 35'
W 103° 4'
2.5
190 ± 20
N
Y
S
-
Ontario, Canada
N 46° 45'
W 80° 45'
7.5
37.2 ± 1.2
N
N
C
Chondrite
Tennessee, U.S.A.
N 36° 23'
W 87° 40'
12
200 ± 100
Y
Y
S
-
Manitoba, Canada
N 49° 46'
W 95° 11'
2.44
351± 20
N
Y
C
-
Alabama, U.S.A.
N 32° 31'
W 86° 10'
6.5
81.0 ± 1.5
Y
Y
M
Chondrite?
Alberta, Canada
N 54° 00'
W 115° 36'
0.04
<0.0011
Y
N
S
IIIAB iron

* pre-1977 K-Ar, Ar-Ar and Rb-Sr ages recalculated using the decay constants of Steiger and Jager (1977) Ages in millions of years (Ma) before present.

** Abbreviations: C - Crystalline Target; C-Ms - Metasedimentary Target; M - Mixed Target (i.e.sedimentary strata overlying crystalline basement); S - sedimentary target (i.e. no crystalline rocks affected by the impact event). From Osinski. G. R., Spray J. G., and Grieve R. A. F. 2007. Impact melting in sedimentary target rocks: A synthesis. In The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Geological Society of America Special Paper. Editors: Evans K. Horton W., King D., Morrow J., and Warme J. Geological Society of America: Boulder, in press.

***From Koeberl,C. Identification of meteoritic components in impactites. 1998, Koeberl, C. The Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of Impacts. 2007 and PASSC Files. (IAB, IIIAB, IIIB, IIID - Iron Meteorite)