Hickman Crater

Hickman Crater

The Hickman Crater is a newly-discovered probable meteorite impact crater, 35 kilometres north of Newman, Western Australia. It was discovered by Arthur Hickman, a Government Geologist with the Geological Survey of Western Australia, in July 2007. The discovery was made by chance while browsing Google Earth. [cite web
url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/google-unearths-rare-meteorite-crater/2008/03/25/1206207065556.html
title= "Sudden impact: Google unearths rare meteorite crater"
author= Stephen Hutcheon
date= March 25, 2008 | publisher= "The Age"
accessdate= 2008-03-29
]

About 260 metres wide and metres deep, the crater is thought to be between 10,000 and 100,000 years old.

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