Cleanskin crater

The Cleanskin crater is an eroded impact structure located in Australia situated on the border between the Northern territory and Queensland. It has a diameter of 15 kilometers and polygonal shaped which is caused by preexisting regional faults. The central uplift has a relatively shallow height of 6 kilometers.[1]

It formed during the late Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic eras. The crater became eroded by the Cambrian period and buried under Cretaceous strata.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kenkmann*, T.; Haines, P.W.; Sweet†, I.P.; Mitchell, K. (2021-08-02), Reimold, Wolf Uwe; Koeberl, Christian (eds.), "The Cleanskin impact structure, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia: A reconnaissance study", Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI, vol. 550, Geological Society of America, p. 0, ISBN 978-0-8137-2550-5, retrieved 2025-08-29

18°10′00″S 137°56′30″E / 18.16667°S 137.94167°E / -18.16667; 137.94167

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