About 45 miles from Flagstaff.
A meteorite. Most scientists believe that a meteorite formed the Barringer Crater. There is a difference between a meteor and a a meteorite. A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the earth's surface.
The Barringer Crater resulted from a meteorite impact with the earth about 50,000 years ago.
In South Africa.
Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park was created in 1969.
You are probably referring to the Barringer Crater. This meteor crater is a meteorite impact crater approximately 37 miles (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 miles (29 km) west of Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States.
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The area of Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park is 14.6 square kilometers.
Generally the larger the meteorite the larger the crater.
There is no normal diameter of a meteor crater. They all vary in size depending on the size of the meteorite. Many are between 10,000 and 30,000 meters in diameter but some can but much larger.
Sunset Crater is located in Arizona.
Impact crater.