Crooked Creek crater
Impact crater in Missouri
Location of the crater in the United States
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Crooked Creek crater (Missouri)
Show map of MissouriCrooked Creek is an impact crater in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.
It is 4.3 miles (7 km) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 320 ± 80 million years (Mississippian). The crater is exposed to the surface.[1]
This is one of the 38th parallel structures, a series of circular depressions stretching across the central United States, thought to possibly be the result of a serial impact.
See also
- Decaturville crater
- Weaubleau structure
References
- ^ a b "Crooked Creek on Earth Impact Database". Archived from the original on 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
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