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The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [1] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [2] [3] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province of ...
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Name Location Diameter (km) Age (Ma/millions) Coordinates Brent: Ontario: 3.8 396 ± 20 Carswell: Saskatchewan: 39 115 ± 10 Charlevoix: Quebec: 54 342 ± 15
The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively. [ 1 ] In 1949, Oakland, CA, received the fifth regional dial switching center for Operator Toll Dialing in the nation, [ 2 ] which set the stage for ...
Numbering plan areas and area codes of Texas (tan). This is a list of area codes in the U.S. state of Texas. The date of establishment of each area code is indicated in parentheses: [1] 210: San Antonio area; overlays with 726 (November 1, 1992) 214: Dallas area, overlays with 469, 972, and 945 (October 1947)
If the team can determine the site is a crater formed by an ancient impact event, then the next step is researching just when it happened. Of the world’s roughly 200 impact craters, 31 are ...
Vredefort (locally / ˈ f r ɪər d ə f ɔːr t /, Afrikaans: [ˈfriədəfɔrt]) is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with cattle, peanuts, sorghum, sunflowers and maize being farmed. It is home to 3,000 residents.
Venterskroon is home to the Vredefort Dome Information Centre. The Vredefort Dome is the center of the Vredefort impact structure. This impact structure is the world's largest, oldest, and most deeply eroded complex asteroid impact structure in the world, and has been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site [ 2 ] [ 3 ]