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World map in equirectangular projection of the craters on the Earth Impact Database as of November 2017 (in the SVG file, hover over a crater to show its details)

This list of impact structures on Earth contains a selection of the 190 confirmed craters given in the Earth Impact Database as of 2017.[1][a]

To keep the lists manageable, only the largest impact structures within a time period are included. Alphabetical lists for different continents can be found under Impact structures by continent below.

  1. ^ "Earth Impact Database". University of New Brunswick. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2016-04-30.


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