☄️ Chesapeake Bay impact crater

United States · Americas · 37.28°N, 76.02°W

The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world. Continued slumping of sediments over the rubble of the crater has helped shape the Chesapeake Bay.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	37.28°N, 76.02°W · view on map

Chesapeake Bay impact crater is located in United States, in Americas.

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