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321:"Tenoumer Crater, Mauritania"
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838:Planar deformation features
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89:Coordinates
1032:Categories
858:Stishovite
758:Australite
737:Yarrabubba
707:Strangways
667:Presqu'île
642:Montagnais
612:Lappajärvi
562:Charlevoix
547:Beaverhead
542:Araguainha
496:By country
466:Antarctica
330:2022-11-20
262:2009-08-16
247:"Tenoumer"
233:References
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181:Mauritania
131:Mauritania
102:10°24′27″W
41:Confidence
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727:Vredefort
687:Shoemaker
647:Morokweng
632:Mistastin
572:Chicxulub
476:Australia
456:Worldwide
215:peneplain
99:22°55′5″N
44:Confirmed
877:Research
722:Tunnunik
617:Logancha
587:Haughton
557:Carswell
501:Possible
219:Pliocene
173:Tenoumer
83:Location
49:Diameter
868:Tektite
863:Suevite
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763:Breccia
712:Sudbury
662:Popigai
657:Obolon'
637:Mjølnir
602:Karakul
592:Kamensk
552:Boltysh
532:Acraman
293:Bibcode
208:granite
187:Details
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