List of impact craters in Africa
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Confirmed impact craters
This list of impact craters in Africa includes all confirmed impact craters (a total of 19) as listed in the Earth Impact Database. 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.
Name | Location | Diameter (km) | Age (years) | Coordinates |
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Amguid | Algeria | 0.45 | < 100,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Aorounga | Chad | 12.6 | < 345 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Aouelloul | Mauritania | 0.39 | 3.0 ± 0.3 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
BP Structure | Libya | 2 | < 120 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bosumtwi | Ashanti | 10.5 | 1.07 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Gweni-Fada | Chad | 14 | < 345 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kalkkop | South Africa | 0.64 | 0.25 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kamil | Egypt | 0.045 | < 2000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kgagodi | Botswana | 3.5 | < 180 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Luizi | DRC | 17 | < 575 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Morokweng | South Africa | 70 | 145.0 ± 0.8 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Oasis | Libya | 18 | < 120 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Ouarkziz | Algeria | 3.5 | < 70 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Roter Kamm | Namibia | 2.5 | 3.7 ± 0.3 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talemzane | Algeria | 1.75 | < 3 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Tenoumer | Mauritania | 1.9 | 21,400 ± 9,700 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Tin Bider | Algeria | 6 | < 70 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Tswaing (was Pretoria Saltpan) | South Africa | 1.13 | 0.220 ± 0.052 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Vredefort | South Africa | 300 | 2023 ± 4 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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 | Location | Diameter | Age | Coordinates |
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Kebira | Gilf Kebir region, Egypt | 31 km | 100 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Temimichat[1] | Mauritania | 0.75 km | unknown | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Wembo-Nyama ring structure[2][3] | DR Congo | 36–46 km (est.) | 60 million | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mahas1 | Northern, Sudan | 2.85 km | Unknown | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Notes
1Mahas was anonymously added Jan 2015, but the coordinates do show a convincing impact-like structure.
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
References
External links
- Africa Impact Craters, 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