- Maple Creek crater
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Maple Creek is a subterranean meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 75 million years (Cretaceous or later). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and cannot be seen at the surface.[1]
References
- ^ "Maple Creek". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/maple-creek.html. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
Coordinates: 49°48′N 109°6′W / 49.8°N 109.1°W
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