Chicxulub crater
Impact crater
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The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo. It was formed slightly over 66 million years ago when a... Wikipedia
Area: 9,826 mi²
Age: 66.043 ± 0.043 Ma; Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
Coordinates: 21°24′0″N 89°31′0″W / 21.40000°N 89.51667°W
Diameter: 200 km (120 mi)