Crooked Creek crater

Crooked Creek crater
This image shows the terrain of the Crooked Creek crater site.
The annular structure is perhaps more easily discerned with the landscape removed.

Crooked Creek is an impact crater in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.

It is 7 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 320 ± 80 million years (Mississippian). The crater is exposed to the surface.[1]

This is one of the 38th parallel structures.

References

  1. ^ Crooked Creek on Earth Impact Database

Coordinates: 37°50′N 91°23′W / 37.833°N 91.383°W / 37.833; -91.383

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