Monturaqui is an impact crater in Chile. It lies south of the Salar de Atacama and was formed 663,000 ± 90,000 years ago by the impact of an IAB meteorite. It is 350 m × 370 m (1,150 ft × 1,210 ft) wide and 34 m (112 ft) deep and contains a salt pan. Only a few remnants of the meteorite that formed the crater have been collected, with most of the rocks being of local origin. The crater was discovered in 1962 and identified as an impact crater in 1966.
Monturaqui is an impact crater in Chile. It lies south of the Salar de Atacama and was formed 663,000 ± 90,000 years ago by the impact of an IAB meteorite...
observed at other relatively fresh impact craters, including Henbury and Monturaqui. Nininger believed that the crater should be a national monument and,...
Atacama Desert Puna de Atacama Eduardo Abaroa List of towns in Chile Monturaqui crater "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November...
station meteorite (part of Udei station grouplet) Goose Lake Meteorite Monturaqui Nantan meteorite Mörigen Arrowhead Glossary of meteoritics M. K. Weisberg;...
Taltal where the rarest of meteorites, the mesosiderite, can be found. 3 "Monturaqui, Chile" November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) This 1,509-foot-diameter (460-meter-diameter)...
Socompa is situated on the border between Argentina and Chile, due east of Monturaqui. The Salta–Antofagasta railway crosses the border between the two countries...
of the volcanic field, and Aguas Delgadas. Towns in the area include Monturaqui, Tilomonte, Tilopozo and Peine and a mining camp southwest of the field...
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