Meteorite impact

Connected Sites: 8

WHS that show effects of meteorite impact.

Connected Sites

  • Vredefort Dome
    Vredefort Dome
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.97
    45
    4
    A Representative Part Of A Larger Meteorite Impact Structure, Or Astrobleme (Unesco Website)
  • Lenggong Valley
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.76
    54
    14
    A Meteorite Strike 1.83 Million B.P. Blocked And Diverted The River Preserving Palaeolithic Tools At Bukit Bunuh(Unesco Website)
  • Tajik National Park
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.46
    36
    3
    Karakul (Black Lake) Lies Within A Circular Depression Interpreted As A Meteorite Impact Crater With A Rim Diameter Of 52 Km (32 Mi). The Impact Event Is Estimated To Have Occurred About 25 Million Years Ago, Or Less Than 5 Million Years Ago. The Karakul Impact Structure Remained Unidentified Until It Was Discovered Through Studies Of Imagery Taken From Space. (Wiki)
  • Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.31
    34
    2
    Meteorite-Impact Fallback Breccias Dating To Just After The End Of The Great Bombardment (4.6 To 3.8 Billion Years Ago) (Ab Ev)
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.93
    121
    7
    There Is A Large Meteorite Impact Crater Of Pleistocene Age In The Andrew River Valley Of Significance On The World Scale (Unep-Wcmc)
  • Stevns Klint
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.42
    179
    7
    A Globally Exceptional Representation Of The Evidence Of The Chixulub Meteorite Impact That Took Place At The End Of The Cretaceous Period, C.67 Million Years Ago (Ouv)
  • Purnululu National Park
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.84
    21
    4
    Piccaninny Crater
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    7
    1
    Sikhote-Alin Is An Iron Meteorite That Fell In 1947 On The Sikhote-Alin Mountains In Southeastern Siberia (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org