Araguainha crater
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araguainha-crater-190-12373591
title:
Araguainha crater
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The Araguainha crater or Araguainha dome is an impact crater on the border of Mato Grosso and Goiás states, Brazil, between the villages of Araguainha and Ponte Branca. With a diameter of 40 kilometres (25 mi), it is the largest known impact crater in South America. The crater has most recently been dated to 254.7 ± 2.5 million years ago, when the region was probably a shallow sea. The margins of error of this date overlap the time of the Permian–Triassic extinction event, one of the largest mas
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Impact crater in Brazil
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araguainha_crater
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2024-03-11T06:28:42Z
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