List of confirmed impact craters of the world

Pingualuit crater / NASA, Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Confirmed impact structures on Earth

The list below includes all scientifically confirmed impact craters on Earth by February 2020: 190 impact structures. Contrary to the mainstream list, this one includes the Sterlitamak impact crater – it appeared in 1990, was absolutely confirmed, and still is there.

Explanations to the table

Name in fact can be different. Many impact craters can be called impact structures or astroblemes. It is important to separate the names of lakes from the names of craters: the area of the crater never is the same as the area of the lake. Thus Kaalijärv is not the same as the Kaali crater. Kaalijärv (järv is a lake in Estonian) is a lake with a diameter of 30 to 60 m, but Kaali crater has a diameter of 110 m.
Visible craters are those, which can be deciphered as craters by looking at them in nature or in images, e.g. they are not hidden under the layer of sediments or too eroded.
Age in most cases is a (more or less) wild guess by the rare specialists who have visited the place or a very rough estimate of some scientific research. It happens that one method gives the age of e.g. 7 million years and another: 2 million years. Specialists then might agree that the age is somewhere between 7 and 2 million years (what also is a wild guess) and it finally ends with “this crater is 5.5 million years old” written in a popular science magazine. And soon after it is written in all tourists’ booklets, information signs, guidebooks, etc. Everyone seems to be happy and confident about such figures, except for scientists themselves…
Diameter is measured between the rims (or ridges if any) of crater. Impact craters smaller than 10 m in diameter (e.g. Kunya-Urgench in Turkmenistan) are not included here. It is hard to measure the diameter of large craters (e.g. it is unclear where ends the smash in Earth’s crust), and, of course, nearly impossible to know the diameter of craters whose upper part has eroded.
Visible depth is a maximum height difference between the highest place of the rim and the deepest place in the bottom of the crater. If there is a lake, its depth is included.
Whole depth is the same visible depth plus the thickness of sediments in the crater, which accrued after the impact. In large explosions, the bottom of the crater is covered with breccia – pieces of rocks that fell back right after the impact. This layer, in general, is not included.
Meteorite – what type of meteorite created this crater, is it found?
Discovery – when discovered by scientists. Sorry, the knowledge of local non-scientist folks here does not count.
Proved – when the impact origin was proved. Sometimes it takes much time and effort.

The table

Name	Country, region	Visible?	Age (thousands of years)	Diameter (m)	Visible depth (m)	Whole depth (m)	Meteorite	Discovery	Confirmed	Remarks
Aorounga crater	Chad, Borkou	yes	<345000	12600			?	1988?
Aouelloul crater	Mauritania, Adrar	yes	3100 ± 300	390	53	76	iron (IIIB, IIID)	1938	1951	smaller crater nearby
Araguainha crater	Brazil, Mato Grosso	yes	244400 ± 3250	40000			?	1969	1982?
Avak impact structure	United States, Alaska	no	3000 – 95000	12000	0	1000	?	the late 1940s?	1996
B.P. Structure	Libya, Kufra	yes	<120000	2000			?
Barringer crater (Meteor crater)	United States, Arizona	yes	49 ± 3	1180	170	400	IAB	the 19th century	1906
Beaverhead impact crater	United States, Montana	no	˜ 600000	60000			?		1990
Beyenchime – Salaatin crater	Russia, Sakha	yes	40000 ± 20000	8000	70		?			double crater?
Bigach astrobleme	Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan	yes	5000 ± 3000	8000	70	˜ 470	?
Boltysh impact crater	Ukraine, Kirovohrad	no	65170 ± 640	24000		1000	chondrite	1973?
Bosumtwi crater	Ghana, Ashanti Region	yes	1070	10500	380	750	chondrite		the 1960s
Boxhole crater	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	5.4 ± 1.5	170			IIAB	1937
Brent crater	Canada, Ontario	yes	˜ 452000	3800	60	320	chondrite	1951	the 1970s
Calvin impact crater	United States, Michigan	no	450000 ± 10000	8500			?	1987	1992
Campo del Cielo	Argentina, Chaco and Santiago del Estero	yes	<4	50			coarse octahedrite to granular hexahedrite
Carancas crater	Peru, Puno	yes	0.005	13.5	4.5	4.5	chondrite	2007	2007
Carswell impact structure	Canada, Saskatchewan	yes	115000 ± 10000	39000			?	1965
Charlevoix impact structure (La Malbaie)	Canada, Quebec	yes	342000 ± 15000	54000			?		1965
Chesapeake Bay impact structure	United States, Virginia	no	35500 ± 300	40000			?	1983	the 1990s
Chicxulub crater	Mexico, Yucatan	no	64980 ± 50	150000			chondrite	1978	the 1990s
Chiyli dome	Kazakhstan, Aktobe	yes	46000 ± 7000	5500			?
Chukcha impact crater	Russia, Krasnoyarsk	yes	75000 ± 25000	6000	200		?
Clearwater East crater	Canada, Quebec	yes	290000 ± 20000	26000			chondrite	the 19th century	1965
Clearwater West crater	Canada, Quebec	yes	290000 ± 20000	36000			?	the 19th century	1965
Cloud Creek impact structure	United States, Wyoming	no	190000 ± 30000	7000			?	1999	2003
Colônia crater	Brazil, São Paulo	yes	5000 – 36000	3600	125	450	?
Connolly Basin impact structure	Australia, Western Australia	yes	<60000	9000			?	1986	1986
Couture crater	Canada, Quebec	yes	430000 ± 25000	8000	120		?
Crawford impact structure	Australia, South Australia	no	> 35000	8500			?
Crooked Creek impact structure	United States, Missouri	yes	320000 ± 80000	7000			?
Dalgaranga crater	Australia, Western Australia	yes	~ 270	24	3		stony iron	1938	1960
Decaturville impact structure	United states, Missouri	yes	<300000	6000			?		1977
Deep Bay crater	Canada, Saskatchewan	yes	99000 ± 4000	13000	320		?
Dellen impact crater	Sweden, Gävleborg	yes	89000 ± 2700	19000			stone?		1992
Des Plaines impact structure	United States, Illinois	no	<280000	8000			?	the 19th century
Dhala impact structure	India, Madhya Pradesh	yes	2100000 – 1700000	11000			?		2008
Dobele impact structure	Latvia, Zemgale	no	290000 ± 35000	4500			?
Eagle Butte impact structure	Canada, Alberta	no	<65000	10000			?	1975
Elbow impact structure	Canada, Saskatchewan	no	395000 ± 25000	8000			?	1975	1998
El’gygytgyn crater	Russia, Chukotka	yes	3500 ± 500	18000	420		achondrite
Flaxman impact structure	Australia, South Australia	no	> 35000	10000			?
Flynn Creek impact structure	United States, Tennessee	yes	360000 ± 20000	3800			?	1869	1957
Foelsche impact structure	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	> 545000	6000			?	2002
Gardnos impact structure	Norway, Buskerud	no	500000 ± 10000	5000			chondrite	1945	1997
Glasford impact structure	United States, Illinois	no	<430000	4000			?	the 1950s
Glikson impact structure	Australia, Western Australia	no	508000 ± 5000	19000			?	1997	2005
Glover Bluff impact structure	United States, Wisconsin	no	<500000	8000			?
Goat Paddock crater	Australia, Western Australia	no	<50000	5100			?		1980
Gosses Bluff crater	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	142500 ± 800	22000			?	the 1960s	the 1970s
Gow impact structure	Canada, Saskatchewan	yes	<250000	5000			iron?		1972
Goyder impact structure	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	<1400000	3000			?		1996?
Granby impact structure	Sweden, Östergötland	no	˜ 470000	3000			?
Gusev crater	Russia, Rostov	no	49000 ± 200	3000	0	600	?
Gweni-Fada impact structure	Chad, Ennedi	yes	<345000	14000			?		1996
Haughton impact structure	Canada, Nunavut	yes	39000	23000			?		1974	originally diameter 24 km
Haviland crater (Brenham crater)	United States, Kansas	yes	<1	16.8	3.5		pallasite	1925	1925	destroyed by human activities
Henbury meteorite craters	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	4.2 ± 1.9	150			IIIAB	1899	1931	13 – 14 craters
Hiawatha impact crater	Greenland	yes	3500 – 12	31000			IIIAB	2018	2018	became visible with the retreat of glacier
Holleford crater	Canada, Ontario	yes	550000 ± 100000	2350	30	244	?	the 1950s	the 1950s
Hummeln structure	Sweden, Smaland	yes	443000 – 470000	1200				the 1960s	2015
Ile Rouleau impact structure	Canada, Quebec	no	<300000	4000			?
Ilumetsä meteorite craters	Estonia, Põlvamaa	yes	> 6.6	80			?		2001?
Ilyinets impact structure	Ukraine, Vinnytsia	no	378000 ± 5000	8500			iron?
Iso-Naakkima impact structure	Finland, Southern Savonia	no	> 1000000	3000			?	1993
Jänisjärvi astrobleme	Russia, Karelia	yes	700000 ± 5000	14000	˜ 50		?		1976
Jabel Waqf as Suwwan crater	Jordan, Maan	yes	37000 – 56000	5500			?		2009
Kaali crater	Estonia, Saaremaa	yes	5 ± 3	110	23	29	IAB, found	1794	1937	9 craters
Kalkkop crater	South Africa, Eastern Cape	yes	250 ± 50	640			?		1993
Kaluga impact crater	Russia, Kaluga	no	380000 ± 5000	15000	0	500	?	1969
Kamensk astrobleme	Russia, Rostov	no	49000 ± 200	25000	0	800	?			double crater with Gusev
Kamil crater	Egypt, New Valley	yes	<5	44.8	8	15.8	iron, found	2008	2009	ejecta rays
Kara impact structure	Russia, Nenets	no	70300 ± 2200	65000	0	1200	chondrite
Karakul impact structure	Tajikistan, Kuhistoni-Badakhshon	yes	<5000	52000			?	1987	1993
Kärdla crater	Estonia, Hiiumaa	no	˜ 455000	4000			?	1967	1980
Karikkoselkä impact structure	Finland, Central Finland	yes	˜ 230000	1500			?	1996
Karla astrobleme	Russia, Tatarstan	no	5000 ± 1000	10000			?
Kelly West impact structure	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	> 550000	6600			?	1973
Kentland impact structure	United States, Indiana	no	<97000	13000			?	the 19th century	1947
Keurusselkä impact structure	Finland, Central Finland and Pirkanmaa	no	<1800000	30000			?	2003	2003
Kgagodi impact structure	Botswana, Central	yes	<180000	3500		158	?	1998	2002
Kursk astrobleme	Russia, Kursk	no	250000 ± 80000	6000	0	260	?
La Moinerie crater	Canada, Quebec	yes	400000 ± 50000	8000			?		1972
Lappajärvi impact structure	Finland, Southern Ostrobothnia	yes	73300 ± 5300	23000			chondrite	1967
Lawn Hill impact structure	Australia, Queensland	yes	> 515000	18000			?	the 1980s
Liverpool crater	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	150000 ± 70000	1600			?	the 1960s	the 1970s?
Lockne crater	Sweden, Jämtland	no	455000	13500			?
Logancha astrobleme	Russia, Krasnoyarsk	yes	40000 ± 20000	20000	500		?
Logoisk impact structure	Belarus, Minsk	no	42300 ± 1100	15000			?	1973	1980?
Lonar crater	India, Maharashtra	yes	570 ± 47	1800	150	230	?			possible smaller impact crater nearby
Luizi impact structure	Congo Democratic Republic, Katanga	yes	<573000	17000			?		2011
Lumparn crater	Finland, Åland	no	˜ 1000000	9000			?	1992
Macha craters	Russia, Sakha	yes	˜ 7.3	300			iron	1984		five craters
Malingen crater	Sweden, Jämtland	no	458000	1000		145			2015
Manicouagan impact crater	Canada, Quebec	yes	214000 ± 1000	85000			?
Manson impact structure	United States, Iowa	no	73800 ± 300	35000			chondrite	1912	1966
Maple Creek impact structure (White Valley)	Canada, Saskatchewan	no	<75000	6000			?	1976	2006
Marquez impact structure	United States, Texas	no	58000 ± 2000	12700			?
Matt Wilson crater	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	1402000 ± 440000	7500			?		2009
Middlesboro impact structure	United States, Kentucky	yes	<300000	6000			?		1962
Mien impact structure	Sweden, Kronoberg	yes	121000 ± 2300	9000			stone?
Mishina Gora impact structure	Russia, Pskov	no	300000 ± 50000	2500	0	600	?	1933
Mistastin impact structure	Canada, Labrador and Newfoundland	yes	36400 ± 4000	28000			iron?		1968
Mizarai impact structure	Lithuania, Alytus	no	500000 ± 20000	5000		230	?	1978
Mjølnir impact structure	Norway	no	142000 ± 2600	40000			?		1998	marine impact crater
Montagnais impact structure	Canada, Nova Scotia	no	50500 ± 760	45000			?	1987	1988	marine impact crater
Monturaqui crater	Chile, II Antofagasta	yes	~ 660000	360	34		IAB	1966
Morasko craters	Poland, Poznan	yes	<10	100			octahedrite fragments	1914	1914?	7 craters
Morokweng impact structure	South Africa, North West	no	145000 ± 800	70000			chondrite	1994	1994	found piece of asteroid
Mount Toondina impact structure	Australia, South Australia	yes	<110000	4000			?	1976	1988
Neugrund impact structure	Estonia	no	˜ 470000	8000			?	1994		marine impact crater
Newporte impact structure	United States, North Dakota	no	<500000	3200			?		1995
Nicholson impact structure	Canada, Northwest Territories	yes	<400000	12500			achondrite
Nördlinger Ries (Ries crater)	Germany, Bavaria	yes	15100 ± 100	24000	150		achondrite		1960
Oasis impact stracter	Libya, Kufra	yes	<120000	18000			?
Obolon’ astrobleme	Ukraine, Poltava	no	169000 ± 7000	20000			iron?	1947	1976
Odessa craters	United States, Texas	yes	<50	160	6		IAB	1892	1922	5 craters, meteorites found
Ouarkziz impact crater	Algeria, Tindouf	yes	<70000	3500			?
Paasselkä impact structure	Finland, Southern Savonia	yes	˜ 229000	10000	> 75		?		1999
Piccaninny impact structure	Australia, Western Australia	yes	<360000	7000			?	1983	1985
Pilot crater	Canada, Northwest Territories	yes	445000 ± 2000	6000			?
Pingualuit crater (New Quebec)	Canada, Quebec	yes	1400 ± 100	3440	400	411	chondrite (L?)	the 1940s	1962
Popigai impact structure	Russia, Krasnoyarsk	yes	35700 ± 200	90000	> 200	2000	chondrite	1946	1969
Presqu’ile impact structure	Canada, Quebec	yes	<500000	24000			?
Puchezh-Katunksk crater (Puchezh-Katunki)	Russia, Nizhny Novgorod	no	167000 ± 3000	80000	0	1900	?	1965
Ragozinka astrobleme	Russia, Sverdlovsk	no	46000 ± 3000	9000	40	600	?
Red Wing impact structure	United States, North Dakota	no	200000 ± 25000	9000			?	1972	1996
Riachão Ring	Brazil, Maranhão	yes	<200000	4500			?	the 1980s	2012
Ritland impact structure	Norway	yes	520000 ± 20000	2700		350	?		2011
Rochechouart crater	France, Limousin	yes	214000 ± 8000	23000			chondrite? Iron?	the early 19th century	1969
Rock Elm impact structure	United States, Wisconsin	no	430000 – 455000	6000			?
Roter Kamm crater	Namibia, Karas region	yes	4500 ± 500	2500	130	> 200	?	the 1960s	1986
Rotmistrivka astrobleme (Rotmistrovka)	Ukraine, Cherkasy	no	120000 ± 10000	2700			?
Sääksjärvi impact crater	Finland, Satakunta	no	˜ 560000	6000			stony iron?	1969
Saarijärvi impact structure	Finland, Northern Ostrobothnia	no	> 600000	1500			?	1997	1998
Saint Martin crater structure	Canada, Manitoba	no	220000 ± 32000	40000			?		1970
Santa Fe impact structure	United States, New Mexico	no	<1200000	13000			?		2008
Santa Marta impact structure (Gilbues)	Brazil, Piauí	no		9000				2000	2013
Saqqar impact structure	Saudi Arabia, Hawf	no	70000 – 410000	34000				2014	2015
Serpent Mound impact structure	United States, Ohio	yes	<320000	8000			?	the 1960s	1998
Serra de Cangalha crater	Brazil, Tocantins	yes	<300000	12000			?	the 1960s	1986
Shoemaker impact structure (Teague)	Australia, Western Australia	yes	1630000 ± 5000	30000			?	1980
Shunak crater	Kazakhstan, Karagandy	yes	45000 ± 10000	2800	400	640	?
Sierra Madera impact structure	United States, Texas	yes	<100000	13000			?	1938	1960
Sikhote Alin meteor craters	Russia, Primorsky	yes	0.066	26	6	6	IIAB	1947	1947	several craters
Siljan ring	Sweden, Dalarna	yes	376800 ± 1700	52000			?	the 1960s	the 1960s
Slate Islands impact structure	Canada, Ontario	yes	˜ 450000	30000	>100		?	1975		largest known shatter cones in the world
Sobolev crater	Russia, Primorsky	yes	<1	53	9		iron	1949	1982
Söderfjärden crater	Finland, Central Ostrobothnia	yes	˜ 600000	6600			?	1978
Spider impact structure	Australia, Western Australia	yes	> 570000	13000			?	the 1950s	the 1970s
Steen River impact structure	Canada, Alberta	no	91000 ± 7000	25000			?		1968
Steinheim impact crater	Germany, Baden-Württemberg	yes	15000 ± 1000	3800			?
Sterlitamak impact crater	Russia, Bashkortostan	yes	0.013	10	5	5	IIIAB	1990	1990
Strangways impact structure	Australia, Northern Territory	yes	646000 ± 42000	25000			achondrite	1971
Suavjärvi impact structure	Russia, Karelia	no	˜ 2 400000	16000			?
Sudbury impact structure	Canada, Ontario	no	1850000 ± 3000	130000			?		the 1960s
Suvasvesi N impact structure	Finland, Northern Savonia	no	<1000000	5000			?	1993
Suvasvesi S impact crater	Finland, Northern Savonia	no	?	4000				2001
Tabun Khara Obo crater	Mongolia, Dornogovi	yes	150000 ± 20000	1300	25	~ 200	?	the 1960s	2008
Talemzane crater	Algeria, Laghouat	yes	<3000	1750			?	1928
Tenoumer crater	Mauritania, Tiris Zemmour	yes	21.4 ± 9.7	1900	110	400	?	the 19th century	1970
Ternovka astrobleme	Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk	no	280000 ± 10000	11000			chondrite?
Tin Bider impact structure	Algeria, Tamanghasset	yes	<70000	6000			?	1962
Tookoonooka impact crater	Australia, Queensland	no	128000 ± 5000	55000			?	1989	1989
Tswaing crater (Pretoria Saltpan)	South Africa, Gauteng	yes	220 ± 52	1130	119	180	chondrite	the 19th century	1990
Tunnunik impact crater (Prince Albert impact structure)	Canada, Victoria island	yes	130000 – 450000	25000			?	2010	2013
Tvären crater	Sweden, Södermanland	no	˜ 455000	2000			?
Upheaval Dome	United States, Utah	yes	<170000	10000	300		?		2008
Vargeão Dome	Brazil, Santa Catarina	yes	<70000	12000	225		?	1978	1987
Veevers crater	Australia, Western Australia	yes	<4000	80	7		IIAB	1975	1984
Vepriai impact structure	Lithuania, Kaunas	no	> 160000 ± 10000	8000			?	1978
Viewfield crater	Canada, Saskatchewan	no	190000 ± 20000	2500	0	100	?	1972
Vista Alegre impact structure	Brazil, Paraná	yes	<65000	9500			?	2004	2010
Vredefort impact structure	South Africa, Free State	yes	2023000 ± 4000	160000			chondrite	the 1940s	the 1960s
Wabar craters	Saudi Arabia	yes	0.3?	116	2	12.5	IIAB iron	1932	1933	three craters, now covered with sand
Wanapitei impact structure	Canada, Ontario	yes	37200 ± 1200	3500			chondrite		1972
Wells Creek impact structure	United States, Tennessee	yes	200000 ± 100000	12000			?			fine shatter cones
West Hawk impact structure	Canada, Manitoba	yes	351000 ± 20000	2440	66		?
Wetumpka impact crater	United States, Alabama	yes	81000 ± 1500	6500			chondrite?	1969	1998
Whitecourt crater	Canada, Alberta	yes	<1.13	36	6		IIIAB iron	2008	2008	meteorites found
Wolfe crater	Australia, Western Australia	yes	<300	875	55	130	IIIAB	1947
Woodleigh impact structure	Australia, Western Australia	no	364000 ± 8000	90000			?	2000	2000
Xiuyan crater (Luoquanli)	China, Liaoning	yes	> 50	1800	150	257	?	the 1970s	2010
Yarrabubba impact crater	Australia, Western Australia	no	˜ 2000000	30000			?	2003	2003
Zapadnaya crater	Ukraine, Vinnytsia	no	165000 ± 5000	3200			?
Zeleny Gai impact structure	Ukraine, Kirovohrad	no	80000 ± 20000	3500			?
Zhamanshin crater	Kazakhstan, Aktobe	yes	900 ± 100	14000	270	> 500	chondrite (iron?)	1939	1975	tectites inside the crater

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