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The circular topographic feature is 7 km in diameter, although due to the amount of erosion the original crater may have been larger. It has been estimated that the present land surface is 1–2 km below the original crater floor. The impact event has not been dated, and must be younger than
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Bungle Bungle Range, clearly visible on remotely sensed images. When first reported in 1983 after aerial observation, it was interpreted as either an impact structure or a
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image draped over digital elevation data (x3 vertical exaggeration), eroded remnant of
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The site is marked by a circular topographic feature on top of the flat-topped
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confirmed the presence of types of deformation confirming an impact origin.
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region. It was named after
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342:2009-08-19
283:References
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