Figure 1.
Figure 2.
A list of Holocene impact craters sorted by the diameter of the largest structure_ The list does not include features: (1) older than 10 ka (e_g_, Douglas: Kenkmann et al_ 2018); (2) terminal pits (e_g_, Sterlitamak: Petaev 1992); (3) not confirmed yet by commonly accepted recognition criteria, described by French & Koeberl (2010)_ The list includes two structures (Ilumetsa and Sobolev) that are not associated with any identified meteorite fragments (so they are not officially confirmed) but circumstantial evidence suggests they were formed by an impact_ The list also contains two confirmed craters (Dalgaranga and Veevers) whose age has only been estimated to be a couple of thousand years based on their morphology_ Source: own study based on literature research – especially sources listed in the table_
| Crater Parameters | References | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crater | Country | Coordinates | Diameter of the largest crater [m] | Age | Impactor type | No. craters | |
| Carancas | Peru | 16° 39′ 52″ S; 69° 2′ 39″ W | 14 | 2007 AD | H4-5 | 1 | Tancredi et al. 2009 |
| Haviland | USA | 37° 34′ 57″ N; 99° 9′ 50″ W | 15 | 0.2 ka | Pallasite | 1 | Honda et al. 2002 |
| Dalgaranga * | Australia | 27° 38′ 6″ S; 117° 17′ 20″ E | 24 | ? | M.siderite | 1 | Hamacher et al. 2013 |
| Sikhote Alin | Russia | 46° 9′ 36″ N; 134° 39′ 12″ E | 27 | 1947 AD | IIAB | 5 +n | Krinov 1971 |
| Whitecourt | Canada | 53° 59′ 56″ N; 115° 35′ 51″ W | 36 | 1.1 ka | IIIAB | 1 | Herd et al. 2008 |
| Kamil | Egypt | 22° 1′ 6″ N; 26° 5′ 16″ E | 45 | 2000 BC–500 AD | Iron, ungr. | 1 | Sighinolfi et al. 2015 |
| Sobolev ** | Russia | 46° 18′ 0″ N; 137° 52′ 0″ E | 53 | ? / <1 ka | ? | 1 | Khryanina 1981 |
| Campo d. Cielo | Argentina | 27° 36′ 35″ S; 61° 40′ 53″ W | 65×105 | 4 ka | IAB | 4 +n | Cassidy et al. 1965 |
| Ilumetsa ** | Estonia | 57°57′36″N; 27°24′11″E | 80 | 7 ka | ? | 2 | Losiak et al. 2020 |
| Veevers * | Australia | 22° 58′ 12″ S; 125° 22′ 21″ E | 80 | ? | IIAB | 1 | Shoemaker et al. 2005 |
| Morasko | Poland | 52° 29′ 25″ N; 16° 53′ 48″ E | 100 | 5 ka | IAB-MG | 7 | Szokaluk et al. 2019 |
| Kaali | Estonia | 58° 22′ 22″ N; 22° 40′ 10″ E | 110 | 3.5 ka | IAB | 8 | Losiak et al. 2016 |
| Wabar | Saudi Arabia | 21° 29′ 58″ N; 50° 28′ 7″ E | 116 | ~19th century | IIIA | 5 | Gnos et al. 2013 |
| Henbury | Australia | 24° 34′ 19″ S; 133° 8′ 53″ E | 157 | 4.2 ka | IIIAB | 13 | Shoemaker et al. 2005 |
| Boxhole | Australia | 22° 36′ 46″ S; 135° 11′ 43″ E | 170 | 3 ka | IIAB | 1 | Shoemaker et al. 2005 |