List of impact craters in Australia

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This list includes all 27 confirmed impact craters in Australia as listed in the Earth Impact Database.^[1]

Impact craters - confirmed

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Locations of confirmed impact craters in Australia, maximum ages:

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Name	State	Diameter (km)	Age (years)	Coordinates
Acraman	South Australia	90	about 590 million	[ ⚑ ] 32°1′S 135°27′E / 32.017°S 135.45°E / -32.017; 135.45 (Acraman)
Amelia Creek	Northern Territory	20	1660 - 600 million	[ ⚑ ] 20°55′S 134°50′E / 20.917°S 134.833°E / -20.917; 134.833 (Amelia Creek)
Boxhole	Northern Territory	0.17	5,400 ± 1,500	[ ⚑ ] 22°37′S 135°12′E / 22.617°S 135.2°E / -22.617; 135.2 (Boxhole)
Connolly Basin	Western Australia	9	< 60 million	[ ⚑ ] 23°32′S 124°45′E / 23.533°S 124.75°E / -23.533; 124.75 (Connolly Basin)
Crawford	South Australia	8.5	> 35 million	[ ⚑ ] 34°43′S 139°2′E / 34.717°S 139.033°E / -34.717; 139.033 (Crawford)
Dalgaranga	Western Australia	0.02	about 3000	[ ⚑ ] 27°38′S 117°17′E / 27.633°S 117.283°E / -27.633; 117.283 (Dalgaranga)
Flaxman	South Australia	10	> 35 million	[ ⚑ ] 34°37′S 139°4′E / 34.617°S 139.067°E / -34.617; 139.067 (Flaxman)
Foelsche	Northern Territory	6	> 545 million	[ ⚑ ] 16°40′S 136°47′E / 16.667°S 136.783°E / -16.667; 136.783 (Foelsche)
Glikson	Western Australia	19	< 508 million	[ ⚑ ] 23°59′S 121°34′E / 23.983°S 121.567°E / -23.983; 121.567 (Glikson)
Goat Paddock	Western Australia	5	< 50 million	[ ⚑ ] 18°20′S 126°40′E / 18.333°S 126.667°E / -18.333; 126.667 (Goat Paddock)
Gosses Bluff	Northern Territory	22	142.5 ± 0.8 million	[ ⚑ ] 23°49′S 132°19′E / 23.817°S 132.317°E / -23.817; 132.317 (Gosses Bluff)
Goyder	Northern Territory	3	< 1.4 billion	[ ⚑ ] 13°9′S 135°2′E / 13.15°S 135.033°E / -13.15; 135.033 (Goyder)
Henbury	Northern Territory	0.16	4200 ± 1900	[ ⚑ ] 24°34′S 133°09′E / 24.567°S 133.15°E / -24.567; 133.15 (Henbury)
Kelly West	Northern Territory	10	> 550 million	[ ⚑ ] 19°56′S 133°57′E / 19.933°S 133.95°E / -19.933; 133.95 (Kelly West)
Lawn Hill	Queensland	18	> 515 million	[ ⚑ ] 18°40′S 138°39′E / 18.667°S 138.65°E / -18.667; 138.65 (Lawn Hill)
Liverpool	Northern Territory	1.6	1000 - 543 million	[ ⚑ ] 12°24′S 134°3′E / 12.4°S 134.05°E / -12.4; 134.05 (Liverpool)
Matt Wilson	Northern Territory	7.5	< 1402 ± 440 million	[ ⚑ ] 15°30′4″S 131°10′43″E / 15.50111°S 131.17861°E / -15.50111; 131.17861 (Wilson)
Mount Toondina	South Australia	4	< 110 million	[ ⚑ ] 27°57′S 135°22′E / 27.95°S 135.367°E / -27.95; 135.367 (Mount Toondina)
Piccaninny	Western Australia	7	< 360 million	[ ⚑ ] 17°26′S 128°26′E / 17.433°S 128.433°E / -17.433; 128.433 (Piccaninny)
Shoemaker (formerly Teague)	Western Australia	30	Proterozoic	[ ⚑ ] 25°52′S 120°53′E / 25.867°S 120.883°E / -25.867; 120.883 (Shoemaker)
Spider	Western Australia	13	> 570 million	[ ⚑ ] 16°44′S 126°5′E / 16.733°S 126.083°E / -16.733; 126.083 (Spider)
Strangways	Northern Territory	25	646 ± 42 million	[ ⚑ ] 15°12′S 133°35′E / 15.2°S 133.583°E / -15.2; 133.583 (Strangways)
Tookoonooka	Queensland	55	128 ± 5 million	[ ⚑ ] 27°7′S 142°50′E / 27.117°S 142.833°E / -27.117; 142.833 (Tookoonooka)
Veevers	Western Australia	0.08	< 20 thousand	[ ⚑ ] 22°58′S 125°22′E / 22.967°S 125.367°E / -22.967; 125.367 (Veevers)
Wolfe Creek	Western Australia	0.87	120,000	[ ⚑ ] 19°10′S 127°48′E / 19.167°S 127.8°E / -19.167; 127.8 (Wolfe Creek)
Woodleigh	Western Australia	60–120	364 ± 8 million	[ ⚑ ] 26°3′S 114°40′E / 26.05°S 114.667°E / -26.05; 114.667 (Woodleigh)
Yarrabubba^[2]	Western Australia	70	> 2 billion	[ ⚑ ] 27°10′S 118°50′E / 27.167°S 118.833°E / -27.167; 118.833 (Yarrabubba)
Ora Banda	Western Australia	5	100 million	[ ⚑ ] 30°38′S 121°06′E / 30.633°S 121.1°E / -30.633; 121.1 (Ora Banda)
Hickman Crater	Newman, Western Australia	0.27	10 - 100 thousand	[ ⚑ ] 23°2′13.4″S 119°40′59.3″E / 23.037056°S 119.683139°E / -23.037056; 119.683139 (Hickman Crater)
Yallalie Impact Structure	Dandaragan, Western Australia	12	80-90 Million	[ ⚑ ] 30°27′05″S 115°46′57″E / 30.45139°S 115.7825°E / -30.45139; 115.7825 (Yallalie Crater)

Unconfirmed impact craters

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The following craters are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven.

Name	State	Diameter (km)	Age	Coordinates
Bedout^[3]^[4]	Indian Ocean, Western Australia	200	250 million	[ ⚑ ] 18°S 119°E / 18°S 119°E / -18; 119 (Bedout)
Darwin Crater^[5]	Tasmania	1.2	800 thousand	[ ⚑ ] 42°19′S 145°40′E / 42.317°S 145.667°E / -42.317; 145.667 (Darwin crater)
Deniliquin multiple-ring feature^[6]	Southeast Australia	520	445-444 million, Hirnantian mass extinction event^[7]	[ ⚑ ] 35°32′0″S 144°58′0″E / 35.533333°S 144.966667°E / -35.533333; 144.966667 (Deniliquin)
Diamantina River ring feature^[8]^[9]	Upper Diamantina River, Queensland	130	300 million	[ ⚑ ] 22°09′S 141°54′E / 22.15°S 141.9°E / -22.15; 141.9 (?)
East Warburton Basin^[10]	South Australia	200 ^[11]	about 300-360 million	[ ⚑ ] 27°0′S 140°5′E / 27°S 140.083°E / -27; 140.083 (East Warburton Basin)
West Warburton Basin^[12]	South Australia	200 ^[11]	about 300-360 million
Gnargoo^[13]	Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia	75	299 <300	[ ⚑ ] 24°48′24″S 115°13′29″E / 24.80667°S 115.22472°E / -24.80667; 115.22472 (Gnargoo)

Notes

↑ Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara (2009) Australia's meteorite craters Welshpool, W. A. : Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed. ISBN:978-1-920843-96-0 (pbk.) and other sources provide a contrast in methodology and limitations to the information in the EID
↑ Erickson, Timmons M.; Kirkland, Christopher L.; Timms, Nicholas E.; Cavosie, Aaron J.; Davison, Thomas M. (2020). "Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth's oldest recognised meteorite impact structure". Nature Communications 11 (1): 300. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13985-7. PMID 31964860.
↑ Becker, L., Poreda, R.J., Basu, A.R., Pope, K.O., Harrison, T.M., Nicholson, C., and Iasky, R., 2004. Bedout: a possible end-Permian impact crater offshore of northwestern Australia. Science, 304(5676), pp.1469-1476.
↑ French, B.M., and Koeberl, C., 2010. The convincing identification of terrestrial meteorite impact structures: What works, what doesn't, and why. Earth-Science Reviews, 98(1-2), pp.123-170.
↑ Howard, K.T., and Haines, P.W., 2007. The geology of Darwin crater, western Tasmania, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260(1-2), pp.328-339.
↑ Glikson, A.Y., and Yeates, A.N., 2022. Geophysics and origin of the Deniliquin multiple-ring feature, Southeast Australia. Tectonophysics, 837, no.229454.
↑ Glikson, A.Y., 2023. An asteroid impact origin of the Hirnantian (end-Ordovician) glaciation and mass extinction. Gondwana Research, 118, pp.153-159.
↑ Glikson, A., Korsch, R.J., and Milligan, P., 2016. The Diamantina River ring feature, Winton region, western Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(5), pp.653-663.
↑ "Potential asteroid impact identified in western Queensland". Geoscience Australia. http://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/news/latest-news/potential-asteroid-impact-identified-in-western-queensland.
↑ Glikson, A.Y., Uysal, I.T., Gerald, J.D.F. and Saygin, E., 2013. Geophysical anomalies and quartz microstructures, Eastern Warburton Basin, North-east South Australia: Tectonic or impact shock metamorphic origin? . Tectonophysics, 589, pp.57-76.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia: Meteorite broke in two, leaving two craters each 200 km across. Mar 24, 2015
↑ Glikson, A.Y., Meixner, A.J., Radke, B., Uysal, I.T., Saygin, E., Vickers, J. and Mernagh, T.P., 2015. Geophysical anomalies and quartz deformation of the Warburton West structure, central Australia. Tectonophysics, 643, pp.55-72.
↑ Iasky, R.P. and Glikson, A.Y., 2005. Gnargoo: a possible 75 km-diameter post-Early Permian–pre-Cretaceous buried impact structure, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52(4-5), pp.575-586.

External links

Unesco
Earth Impact Database – List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick
Impact Database (formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list) maintained by David Rajmon for Impact Field Studies Group, USA

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[1] Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara (2009) Australia's meteorite craters Welshpool, W. A. : Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed. ISBN:978-1-920843-96-0 (pbk.) and other sources provide a contrast in methodology and limitations to the information in the EID

[2] Erickson, Timmons M.; Kirkland, Christopher L.; Timms, Nicholas E.; Cavosie, Aaron J.; Davison, Thomas M. (2020). "Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth's oldest recognised meteorite impact structure". Nature Communications 11 (1): 300. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13985-7. PMID 31964860.

[BeckerOthers2004a-3] Becker, L., Poreda, R.J., Basu, A.R., Pope, K.O., Harrison, T.M., Nicholson, C., and Iasky, R., 2004. Bedout: a possible end-Permian impact crater offshore of northwestern Australia. Science, 304(5676), pp.1469-1476.

[FrenchOthers2010a-4] French, B.M., and Koeberl, C., 2010. The convincing identification of terrestrial meteorite impact structures: What works, what doesn't, and why. Earth-Science Reviews, 98(1-2), pp.123-170.

[HowardOthers2007a-5] Howard, K.T., and Haines, P.W., 2007. The geology of Darwin crater, western Tasmania, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260(1-2), pp.328-339.

[GliksonOthers2022a-6] Glikson, A.Y., and Yeates, A.N., 2022. Geophysics and origin of the Deniliquin multiple-ring feature, Southeast Australia. Tectonophysics, 837, no.229454.

[Glikson2023a-7] Glikson, A.Y., 2023. An asteroid impact origin of the Hirnantian (end-Ordovician) glaciation and mass extinction. Gondwana Research, 118, pp.153-159.

[GliksonOthers2016a-8] Glikson, A., Korsch, R.J., and Milligan, P., 2016. The Diamantina River ring feature, Winton region, western Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(5), pp.653-663.

[9] "Potential asteroid impact identified in western Queensland". Geoscience Australia. http://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/news/latest-news/potential-asteroid-impact-identified-in-western-queensland.

[GliksonOthers2013b-10] Glikson, A.Y., Uysal, I.T., Gerald, J.D.F. and Saygin, E., 2013. Geophysical anomalies and quartz microstructures, Eastern Warburton Basin, North-east South Australia: Tectonic or impact shock metamorphic origin? . Tectonophysics, 589, pp.57-76.

[abc-11] 11.0 ^11.1 World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia: Meteorite broke in two, leaving two craters each 200 km across. Mar 24, 2015

[GliksonOthers2015a-12] Glikson, A.Y., Meixner, A.J., Radke, B., Uysal, I.T., Saygin, E., Vickers, J. and Mernagh, T.P., 2015. Geophysical anomalies and quartz deformation of the Warburton West structure, central Australia. Tectonophysics, 643, pp.55-72.

[IaskyOthers2005a-13] Iasky, R.P. and Glikson, A.Y., 2005. Gnargoo: a possible 75 km-diameter post-Early Permian–pre-Cretaceous buried impact structure, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52(4-5), pp.575-586.

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List of impact craters in Australia

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