Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater--Eugene_Shoemaker

Astro geolocation

37.28333333, -76.01666667

Location reference Astro Chart

The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world.Continued slumping of sediments over the rubble of the crater has helped shape the Chesapeake Bay.

Location name
Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater
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Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater--Eugene_Shoemaker
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Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater--Eugene_Shoemaker