Beaverhead crater

Beaverhead crater

Beaverhead crater Location of Beaverhead crater in Idaho
Impact crater/structure
Confidence	confirmed [1]
Diameter	60 kilometres (37 mi)
Age	600 million years
Exposed	Yes
Drilled	No
Location
Coordinates	44°36′N 113°0′W / 44.600°N 113.000°W / 44.600; -113.000Coordinates: 44°36′N 113°0′W / 44.600°N 113.000°W / 44.600; -113.000
Country	United States
State	Idaho, Montana

A shatter cone produced by the Beaverhead impact.

The Beaverhead crater is the 2nd largest impact structure within the U.S. states of Idaho and Montana. Estimated at 60 kilometers (37 mi) in diameter, it is the 9th largest impact crater on Earth.

With an estimated age of 600 million years (Neoproterozoic), the impact's original shatter cones along the crater's perimeter provide some of the structure's only remaining visible evidence.

It is named for the Beaverhead region of southwestern Montana in which it was first discovered.

See also[]

• Chesapeake Bay impact crater
• List of impact craters in North America

References[]

Further reading[]

• Carr, J and Link, PK, 1999, Neoproterozoic conglomerate and breccia in the formation of Leaton Gulch, Grouse Peak, northern Lost River Range, Idaho: Relation to Beaverhead Impact Structure, in Hughes, S.S., and Thackray, G.D., eds., Guidebook to the Geology of Eastern Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho Museum of natural History, p. 21-29.
• Aerial Exploration of the Beaverhead crater

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