Piccaninny Crater, Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle), Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 17° 25' 33'' South , 128° 26' 27'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -17.42602,128.44095 |
GeoHash: | G#: qugkfexy5 |
Locality type: | Crater |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
This meteorite decided it would land at one of the most scenic spots in Western Australia. Flights over the Bungle Bungle Ranges will reveal a light coloured 7 kilometres diameter feature on top of the Bungle Bungle Ranges. This is the Piccaninny impact crater.
It was first reported in 1983, and then investigated on the ground by E.M. and C.S. Shoemaker, who confirmed the presence of deformation consistent with an impact crater.
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Frasnian 372.2 - 382.7 Ma ID: 864761 | Glass Hill Sandstone Age: Late Devonian (372.2 - 382.7 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Glass Hill Sandstone Description: Medium- to fine-grained quartz arenite; minor pebbly sandstone, conglomerate and siltstone Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
Cambrian 485.4 - 541 Ma ID: 3191292 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cambrian (485.4 - 541 Ma) Comments: Ord Basin Lithology: Shale,sandstone,conglomerate,siltstone,limestone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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