The largest meteorite craters

many astroblemes or collision sites on earth have been altered by weather over millions if years. Scientists are nor always certain whether crater like structures were cause by meteorites or are the craters of extinct volcanoes. Those listed below are all agreed to be meteorite craters, but new evidence based on photographs from space may reveal other larger ones.

vredefort, south africa with 300 diameter (km)

Subbury, ontaro, canada with 300 diameter (km)

Chicxulub, yucatan, mexico with a 170 diameter(km)

manicougan, canada with a 100 diameter(km)

popigai, russia with a 100 diamter(km)