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Nördlinger Ries Crater
Location: Bavaria, Germany; Estimated Age: 14.8 million years; Cause: Asteroid impact
Lonar Crater
Location: Maharashtra, India; Estimated Age: 52,000 years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Tenoumer Crater
Location: Mauritania; Estimated Age: 21,000 years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Sudbury Basin
Location: Ontario, Canada; Estimated Age: 1.85 billion years; Cause: Comet or asteroid impact
Wolfe Creek Crater
Location: Western Australia; Estimated Age: 300,000 years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Ames Crater
Location: Oklahoma, USA; Estimated Age: 470 million years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Pingualuit Crater
Location: Quebec, Canada; Estimated Age: 1.4 million years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Chicxulub Crater
Location: Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; Estimated Age: 66 million years; Cause: Asteroid impact
Barringer Crater
Location: Arizona, USA; Estimated Age: 50,000 years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Vredefort Crater
Location: Free State, South Africa; Estimated Age: 2 billion years; Cause: Asteroid impact
Bosumtwi Crater
Location: Ashanti, Ghana; Estimated Age: 1.3 million years; Cause: Meteorite impact
Manicouagan Crater
Location: Quebec, Canada; Estimated Age: 214 million years; Cause: Asteroid impact
Popigai Crater
Location: Siberia, Russia; Estimated Age: 35 million years; Cause: Asteroid impact
Gosses Bluff Crater
Location: Northern Territory, Australia; Estimated Age: 142 million years; Cause: Comet or asteroid impact
Kaali Crater
Location: Saaremaa island, Estonia; Estimated Age: 7,500 years; Cause: Meteorite impact
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