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Greenland: Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater
July 2, 2012 | New Scientist

A deeply eroded impact crater on the western coast of Greenland is now thought to be Earth’s oldest impact scar. It is thought to have been 25 kilometers deep and 600 kilometers across immediately after impact, but erosion has reduced it to just 100 kilometers across.


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