Kawah Barringer, Arizona
Around 49,000 years ago, a nickel-iron meteorite with a length of about 45.72 meters, with a weight of about several hundred thousand tons (estimated 300,000) and navigate with a speed of 40,000 miles / hour, hit Earth. Results from the blow it there in 55 kilometers east of Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Barringer crater named. Impact crater that is still well maintained.
The size is stretched as far as 1.2 kilometers, 175 meters deep and it has a raised edge as high as 45 meters higher than the plains around the crash site. Discovered in 1902, given the name after the name of Daniel Barringer crater Barringer, a successful miner. Currently the location is still owned by his family and also known as Meteor Crater, Coon Butte, and Canyon Diablo.
The size is stretched as far as 1.2 kilometers, 175 meters deep and it has a raised edge as high as 45 meters higher than the plains around the crash site. Discovered in 1902, given the name after the name of Daniel Barringer crater Barringer, a successful miner. Currently the location is still owned by his family and also known as Meteor Crater, Coon Butte, and Canyon Diablo.
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