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The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of 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. [3]
World map in equirectangular projection of the impact structures on the Earth Impact Database as of November 2017 (in the SVG file, hover over a structure to show its details) The Earth Impact Database is a database of confirmed impact structures or craters on Earth .
The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.
Module:Location map/data/USA Chesapeake Bay is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Chesapeake Bay. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
David S. Powars is a Research Geologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, in Reston, Virginia. [2]He is credited as a principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, connecting the eastern and western shores of Maryland was completed in 1952. Length of the suspension span is 2,922 feet and the roadway is about 200 feet above water at ...
"Largest Floating Crane on East Coast Will Help Clear Baltimore Bridge." ... On March 23, the Chesapeake 1000, owned by New Jersey-based Donjon Marine, lifted the 84-foot Specialist from 40 feet ...
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