Hickman Crater
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The Hickman Crater (also known as the Hickman impact crater) is a newly discovered probable meteorite impact crater, 35 kilometres north of Newman, Western Australia in the Ophthalmia Range. It was discovered by Arthur Hickman, a Government Geologist with the Geological Survey of Western Australia, in July 2007.[1]
The discovery was made by chance while browsing Google Earth.[2]
About 260 metres wide and 30 metres deep, the crater is thought to be between 10,000 and 100,000 years old.
[edit] References
- ^ Big impact with new meteorite crater discoversin 'Prospect, western Australia's International Resources Development magazine' - December 2007-February 2008 page 22, 'Project Manager from the Geological Survey, Dr Arthur Hickman - the structure was referred to Dr Andrew Glickson, and at the time of the article publication the crater had been dated within 1 million years
- ^ Stephen Hutcheon (March 25, 2008). "Sudden impact: Google unearths rare meteorite crater". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/google-unearths-rare-meteorite-crater/2008/03/25/1206207065556.html. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
[edit] External links
- Aussie finds meteorite crater on Google Earth at Cosmos Magazine
Coordinates: 23°2′13.4″S 119°40′59.3″E / 23.037056°S 119.683139°E
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