Earth Craters – North America

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This is:  North American Impact Craters

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Ref		 Name Location Lat Long Age (Ma) Diameter
(kms)		 Surface
Exposed		 Pic Notes
RR Haviland Kansas, USA N 37° 35' W 99° 10' <0.001 0.015 yes yes n/a
QQ Barringer Arizona, USA N 35° 2' W 111° 1' 0.049 ± 0.003 1.186 yes yes n/a
ZZ Odessaa Texas, USA N 31° 45' W 102° 29' <0.05 0.168 yes yes n/a
G New Quebec Quebec, Canada N 61° 17' W 73° 40' 1.4 ± 0.1 3.44 yes yes n/a
B Haughton NWT, Canada N 75° 22' W 89° 41' 23 ± 1 24 yes yes NASA
  Wanapitei Ontario, Canada N 46° 45' W 80° 45' 37 ± 2 7.5 yes yes n/a
PP Chesapeake Bay Virginia, USA N 37° 17' W 76° 1'  35.5 ± 0.6 85 no yes USGS
I  Mistastin Nfld/Lab, Canada N 55° 53'' W 63° 18' 38 ±4 28 yes yes n/a
CC Montagnais Nova Scotia, Canada N 42° 53' W 64° 13' 50.5 ± 0.76 0.76 no no n/a
BBB Marquez Texas, USA N 31° 17'  W 96° 18'  58 ± 2 13 no no n/a
O Eagle Butte Alta, Canada N 49° 42' W 110° 30' <65 10 no yes n/a
CCC Chicxulub Yucatan, Mexico N 21° 20' W 89° 30' 64.98 ± 0.05 170  no yes wiki
II Manson Iowa, USA N 42° 35' W 94° 33' 73.8 ± 0.3 35 no no wiki
A Avak Alaska, USA N 71° 15' W 156° 38' >95 12 no no n/a
C Steen River Alta, Canada N 59° 30' W 117° 38' 95 ± 7 25 no no n/a
L Deep Bay Sask, Canada N 56° 24' W 102° 59 100± 50 13 yes yes n/a
J Carswel Sask, Canada N 58° 27' W 109° 30' 115± 10 39 yes yes n/a
P Maple Creek Sask, Canada N 49° 48'  W 109° 6'  ;<75 6 no no n/a
U West Hawk Manitoba, Canada N 49° 46' W 95° 11' 100± 50 2.44 yes yes wiki
NN Kentland Indiana, USA N 40° 45'  W 87° 24' <97 13 yes yes n/a
AAA Sierra Madera  Texas, USA N 30° 36' W 102° 55' <100 13 yes yes n/a
HH Upheaval Dome Utah, USA N 38° 26' W 109° 54' <170 10 yes yes n/a
R Viewfield Sask, Canada N 49° 35'  W 103° 4'  190± 20 2.5 no no n/a
EE Red Wing N. Dakota, USA N 47° 36' W 103° 33' 200 ± 25 9  no no n/a
VV  Wells Creek Tennessee, USA N 36° 23' W 87° 40' 200 ± 100 12 yes yes n/a
K Gow Sask, Canada N 56° 27' W 104° 29'  <250 5 yes yes n/a
T St. Martin Manitoba, Canada N 51° 47' W 98° 32' 220 ± 32 40 yes yes n/a
AA Manicouagan Quebec, Canada N 51° 23' W 68° 42' 214 ± 1 100 yes yes n/a
KK Des Plaines Illinois, USA N 42° 3'  W 87° 52' <280 8 no no n/a
M Clearwater West Quebec, Canada N 56° 13'   W 74° 30' 290± 20 36 yes yes n/a
N Clearwater East Quebec, Canada N 56° 5' W 74° 7'  290± 20 26 yes yes n/a
OO Serpent Mound Ohio, USA N 39° 2' W 83° 24' <320 8 yes yes n/a
TT Decaturville Missouri, USA N 37° 54' W 92° 43' <300 6 yes yes n/a
UU Crooked Creek Missouri, USA N 37° 50' W 91° 23' 320 ± 80 7 yes yes n/a
XX Flynn Creek Tennessee, USA N 36° 17' W 85° 40' 360 ± 20 3.55 yes yes n/a
E Nicholson NWT, Canada N 62° 40' W 102° 41' <400 12.5 yes yes n/a
BB Charlevoix Quebec, Canada N 47° 32' W 70° 18'  357 ± 15 54 yes yes n/a
H La Moinerie Quebec, Canada N 57° 26'  W 66° 37' 400± 50 8 yes yes n/a
Q Elbow Sask, Canada N 50° 59' W 106° 43' 395 ± 25 8 no no n/a
YY Middlesboro Kentucky, USA N 36° 37' W 83° 44' <300 6 yes no n/a
F Couture Quebec, Canada N 60° 8' W 75° 20' 430± 25 8 yes yes n/a
  Glasford Illinois, USA N 40° 36' W 89° 47' <430 4 no no n/a
D Pilot NWT, Canada N 60° 17' W 111° 1' 445± 2 6 yes yes n/a
S Newporte N. Dakota, USA N 48° 58' W 101° 58' <500 3.2 no no n/a
V Slate Islands Ontario, Canada N 48° 40' W 87° 0' ~450 30 yes yes odale
Z Presqu'île Quebec, Canada N 49° 43' W 74° 48' <500 24 yes yes odale
FF Brent Ontario, Canada N 46° 5' W 78° 29' 450 ± 30 3.8 yes yes passc
JJ Glover Buff Wisconsin, USA N 43° 58' W 89° 32' <500 8 yes no n/a
LL Calvin Michigan, USA N 41° 50' W 85° 57' 450 ± 10 8.5 no no n/a
SS  Ames Oklahoma, USA N 36° 15' W 98° 12' 470 ± 30 16 no yes n/a
DD Beaverhead Montana, USA N 44° 36' W 113° 0' ~600 60 yes no  
GG Holleford Ontario, Canada N 44° 28' 76° 38' 550 ± 100 2.35 no yes n/a
W Sudbury Ontario, Canada N 46° 36' W 81° 11' 1850± 3 250 yes yes wiki

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Notes:
Created 2001, Updated: Feb 2007, last update (code clean) Apr 2017
>20 km The formation of impact craters as small as 20 km could produce light reductions and temperature disruptions similar to a nuclear winter. Such impacts occur on Earth with a frequency of two or three every million years.

References
1 Natural Resources Canada - Regional Geophysics Section
2 UCMP Web Time Machine
3 Image Update 2007 - PASSC
4 Aerial Explorations of Terrestrial Meteorite Craters - Charles O'Dale