Impact Craters Near Connecticut

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/