Impact Craters Near Connecticut
Manicouagan
Location: Quebec, Canada
Latitude: N51° 23'
Longitude: W68° 42'
Age (Ma): 214 ± 1
Diameter (km): 100
Exposed at surface: yes
NASA space shuttle images: STS04500750010 and STS42-207-14.
Charlevoix
Location: Quebec, Canada
Latitude: N47° 32'
Longitude: W70° 18'
Age (Ma): ~357±15
Diameter (km): 54
Exposed at surface: yes
Montagnais
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Latitude: N42° 53'
Longitude: W64° 13'
Age (Ma): 50.50 ± 0.76
Diameter (km): 45
Exposed at surface: no
Chesapeake Bay
Location: Virginia, U.S.A.
Latitude: N37° 17'
Longitude: W76° 1'
Age (Ma): 35.5 ± 0.6
Diameter (km): 85
Exposed at surface: no
Sources:
The Space Imagery Center Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of
Arizona “Terrestrial Impact Craters and Their Environmental Effects” http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impact_cratering/intro/”
Oct 26, 2004
Photo: Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response System http://
rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ realtime/ single.php?2004099/