Veevers crater
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Veevers crater is an impact crater located on a flat desert plain between the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts in the centre of the state of Western Australia.[1]
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Veevers crater | |
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Impact crater/structure | |
Confidence | Confirmed |
Diameter | 80 m (260 ft) |
Age | <1 Ma Pleistocene |
Exposed | Yes |
Drilled | No |
Bolide type | iron meteorite (IIAB) |
Location | |
Location | Great Sandy & Gibson Deserts |
Coordinates | 22.97°S 125.3725°E / -22.97; 125.3725 |
Country | Australia |
State | Western Australia |
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The site is very remote and difficult to visit. The crater was discovered from the air in July 1975[2] during a government geological survey and named in honour of Australian geologist John Veevers[3] who had worked in the area in the late 1970s.[4] At the time of discovery a meteorite impact origin was suspected, but could not be proven. The subsequent discovery of iron meteorite fragments around the crater by E.M. and C.S. Shoemaker in 1987[5] removed any doubt about its origin.