Earth:List of impact craters in North America

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This list includes all 60 confirmed impact craters in North America in the Earth Impact Database (EID). These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface features.

North America

Canada

Name	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (Ma/millions)	Coordinates
Brent	Ontario	3.8	396 ± 20	[ ⚑ ] 46°5′N 78°29′W
Carswell	Saskatchewan	39	115 ± 10	[ ⚑ ] 58°27′N 109°30′W
Charlevoix	Quebec	54	342 ± 15	[ ⚑ ] 47°32′N 70°18′W
Couture	Quebec	8	430 ± 25	[ ⚑ ] 60°8′N 75°20′W
Deep Bay	Saskatchewan	13	99 ± 4	[ ⚑ ] 56°24′N 102°59′W
Eagle Butte	Alberta	10	< 65	[ ⚑ ] 49°42′N 110°30′W
Elbow	Saskatchewan	8	395 ± 25	[ ⚑ ] 50°59′N 106°43′W
Gow	Saskatchewan	4	< 250	[ ⚑ ] 56°27′N 104°29′W
Haughton	Nunavut	23	39	[ ⚑ ] 75°23′N 89°40′W
Holleford	Ontario	2.35	550 ± 100	[ ⚑ ] 44°28′N 76°38′W
Île Rouleau	Quebec	4	< 300	[ ⚑ ] 50°41′N 73°53′W
La Moinerie	Quebec	8	400 ± 50	[ ⚑ ] 57°26′N 66°37′W
Lac à l'Eau Claire Est Clearwater East	Quebec	26	460–470	[ ⚑ ] 56°04′N 74°06′W
Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest Clearwater West	Quebec	36	286.2 ± 2.6	[ ⚑ ] 56°13′N 74°30′W
Manicouagan	Quebec	100	214 ± 1	[ ⚑ ] 51°23′N 68°42′W
Maple Creek	Saskatchewan	6	< 75	[ ⚑ ] 49°48′N 109°6′W
Mistastin	Newfoundland and Labrador	28	36.4 ± 4	[ ⚑ ] 55°53′N 63°18′W
Montagnais	Nova Scotia	45	50.50 ± 0.76	[ ⚑ ] 42°53′N 64°13′W
Nicholson	Northwest Territories	12.5	< 400	[ ⚑ ] 62°40′N 102°41′W
Pilot	Northwest Territories	6	445 ± 2	[ ⚑ ] 60°17′N 111°0′W
Pingualuit formerly Chubb and Nouveau-Québec	Quebec	3.44	1.4 ± 0.1	[ ⚑ ] 61°17′N 73°40′W
Presqu'île	Quebec	24	< 500	[ ⚑ ] 49°43′N 74°48′W
Tunnunik	Northwest Territories	25	~130-350	[ ⚑ ] 72°28′N 113°56′W
Saint Martin	Manitoba	40	220 ± 32	[ ⚑ ] 51°47′N 98°32′W
Slate Islands	Ontario	30	about 450	[ ⚑ ] 48°40′N 87°0′W
Steen River	Alberta	25	91 ± 7	[ ⚑ ] 59°30′N 117°38′W
Sudbury	Ontario	250	1850 ± 3	[ ⚑ ] 46°36′N 81°11′W
Viewfield	Saskatchewan	2.5	190 ± 20	[ ⚑ ] 49°35′N 103°4′W
Wanapitei	Ontario	7.5	37.2 ± 1.2	[ ⚑ ] 46°45′N 80°45′W
West Hawk	Manitoba	2.44	351 ± 20	[ ⚑ ] 49°46′N 95°11′W
Whitecourt	Alberta	0.04	<0.0011	[ ⚑ ] 54°00′N 115°36′W

Mexico

Name	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (Ma/millions)	Coordinates
Chicxulub	Yucatan	170	64.98 ± 0.05	[ ⚑ ] 21°20′N 89°30′W

United States

Name	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (Ma/millions)	Coordinates
Ames	Oklahoma	16	470 ± 30	[ ⚑ ] 36°15′N 98°12′W
Avak	Alaska	12	< 95	[ ⚑ ] 71°15′N 156°30′W
Barringer	Arizona	1.19	0.049 ± 0.003	[ ⚑ ] 35°2′N 111°1′W
Beaverhead	Idaho, Montana	60	600	[ ⚑ ] 44°15′N 114°0′W
Calvin	Michigan	8.5	450 ± 10	[ ⚑ ] 41°50′N 85°57′W
Chesapeake Bay	Virginia	90	35.5 ± 0.3	[ ⚑ ] 37°17′N 76°1′W
Cloud Creek	Wyoming	7	190 ± 30	[ ⚑ ] 43°7′N 106°45′W
Crooked Creek	Missouri	7	320 ± 80	[ ⚑ ] 37°50′N 91°23′W
Decaturville	Missouri	6	< 300	[ ⚑ ] 37°54′N 92°43′W
Des Plaines	Illinois	8	< 280	[ ⚑ ] 42°3′N 87°52′W
Flynn Creek	Tennessee	3.8	360 ± 20	[ ⚑ ] 36°17′N 85°40′W
Glasford	Illinois	4	< 430	[ ⚑ ] 40°36′N 89°47′W
Glover Bluff	Wisconsin	8	< 500	[ ⚑ ] 43°58′N 89°32′W
Haviland	Kansas	0.015	< 0.001	[ ⚑ ] 37°35′N 99°10′W
Kentland	Indiana	13	< 97	[ ⚑ ] 40°45′N 87°24′W
Manson	Iowa	35	73.8 ± 0.3	[ ⚑ ] 42°35′N 94°33′W
Marquez	Texas	12.7	58 ± 2	[ ⚑ ] 31°17′N 96°18′W
Middlesboro	Kentucky	6	< 300	[ ⚑ ] 36°37′N 83°44′W
Newporte	North Dakota	3.2	< 500	[ ⚑ ] 48°58′N 101°58′W
Odessa	Texas	0.168	< 0.050	[ ⚑ ] 31°45′N 102°29′W
Red Wing	North Dakota	9	200 ± 25	[ ⚑ ] 47°36′N 103°33′W
Rock Elm	Wisconsin	6	< 505	[ ⚑ ] 44°43′N 92°14′W
Santa Fe	New Mexico	6-13	<1200	[ ⚑ ] 35°45′N 105°56′W
Serpent Mound	Ohio	8	< 320	[ ⚑ ] 39°2′N 83°24′W
Sierra Madera	Texas	13	< 100	[ ⚑ ] 30°36′N 102°55′W
Upheaval Dome	Utah	10	< 170	[ ⚑ ] 38°26′N 109°56′W
Wells Creek	Tennessee	12	200 ± 100	[ ⚑ ] 36°23′N 87°40′W
Wetumpka	Alabama	7.6	~83	[ ⚑ ] 32°31′N 86°10′W

Unconfirmed impact craters

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	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (years)	Coordinates	Probability
Alamo bolide impact	Nevada, USA	unknown	367 million
Bow City	Alberta	8 km	70 million	[ ⚑ ] 50°25′N 112°16′W
Corossol	Quebec	4 km	2.6 million	[ ⚑ ] 50°03′N 66°23′W
Decorah crater	Iowa, USA	5.6	470 million	[ ⚑ ] 43°18′49.73″N 91°46′20.04″W	2 (probable)
Gatun structure	Panama	2.7–3.0	20 million	[ ⚑ ] 09°06′N 79°47′W	2 (probable)
Pantasma	Nicaragua	10	1 million	[ ⚑ ] 13.37°N 85.95°W / 13.37; -85.95 (Pantasma)	4 (not probable)
Jeptha Knob	Kentucky, USA	4.3	425 million	[ ⚑ ] 38°11′N 85°07′W	2 (probable)
Panther Mountain	New York, USA	10	375 million	[ ⚑ ] 42°03′N 74°24′W	2 (probable)
Snows Island	South Carolina, USA	11	unknown	[ ⚑ ] 33°49′N 79°22′W	2 (probable)
Toms Canyon	New Jersey, USA	22	35 million	[ ⚑ ] 39°08′N 72°51′W	2 (probable)
Victoria Island structure	California	5.5	37–49 million	[ ⚑ ] 37.889925°N 121.534672°W / 37.889925; -121.534672 (Victoria Island structure)	2 (probable)
Weaubleau-Osceola	Missouri, USA	15–20	325.0 ± 15.0 million	[ ⚑ ] 37°59′N 93°38′W	2 (probable)
Brushy Creek Feature	Louisiana, USA	2	11,000 - 30,000 years	[ ⚑ ] 30.768°N 90.735°W / 30.768; -90.735 (Brushy Creek Feature)	2 (probable).

See also

• Impact craters
• Impact events
• Bolides and Meteorites
• Earth Impact Database – primary source
• Traces of Catastrophe book from Lunar and Planetary Institute - comprehensive reference on impact crater science

External links

• Impact Database (formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list) maintained by David Rajmon for Impact Field Studies Group, USA
• Earth Impact Database (EID) maintained by the Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC), University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada