All craters, great and small

Part of Hall of Meteorites.

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Meteorites colliding with earth leave craters of many sizes, which often provide clues to how they formed.

In This Section

Exhibit Wolf Creek One of Earth's largest intact meteorite craters, Wolf Creek Crater was long known only to the Djaru Aborigines, who called it Kandimalal. Exhibit Boxhole   Exhibit Hoba This fragment is a tiny piece of Hoba, the largest intact meteorite ever found on Earth. Exhibit Shatter cone This rock sample, found at Wells Creek Crater, is called a shatter cone. Exhibit Odessa Although Odessa Crater is unimpressive, and almost completely filled in with sediments, local residents once hoped it might attract... Exhibit Henbury