Maple Creek crater

Maple Creek is a subterranean meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 75 million years (Cretaceous or later). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and cannot be seen at the surface.^[1]

References

External links

• Aerial exploration of the Maple Creek crater

Coordinates: 49°48′N 109°6′W / 49.800°N 109.100°W / 49.800; -109.100

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