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Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater - WA
PlaceID
78017
Latitude
19.17194º S 19º 10' 18.98" S
Longitude
127.7965º E 127º 47' 47.4" E
Altitude
352
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Description of Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater
Wolfe Creek
Crater is a meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in
Western Australia
. It is accessed via the Tanami Road 105 km south of the town of
Halls Creek
. The crater is central to the
Wolfe Creek
Meteorite Crater National Park. The crater averages about 875 metres in diameter, 60 metres from rim to present crater floor and it is estimated that the meteorite that formed it had a mass of about 50,000 tonnes, while the age is estimated to be less than 300,000 years (Pleistocene).
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The local Djaru (Jaru) Aboriginal people know it as Kandimalal. It was brought to the attention of science after being spotted during an aerial survey in 1947, investigated on the ground two months later, and reported in publication in 1949. The European name for the crater comes from a nearby creek, which was in turn named after Robert Wolfe (early reports misspell the name as Wolf Creek), a prospector and storekeeper during the gold rush that established the town of
Halls Creek
.
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Halls Creek Airport
Distance from Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater 105.69km N
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Mean Max. °C
36.7
35.7
35.4
33.8
30.0
27.3
27.2
30.0
34.0
37.2
38.4
37.9
Mean Min. °C
24.3
23.7
22.8
20.4
16.8
13.7
12.6
14.8
18.9
22.7
24.5
24.7
Mean Rain mm
153.2
142.1
78.3
20.6
12.6
5.1
5.6
2.0
4.5
17.2
36.8
81.4
Treks passing Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater
The Tanami Track
The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway.
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Places within 5km of Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater
Wolfe Creek
[0.08km]
Wolfe Creek was named after Robert Tennant Stowe Wolfe, a digger and storekeeper who lived in Halls Creek in the late 1880s. Apparently the crater was created by a meterorite around 2 millions years ago.The erosion of the crater has been slow because of the dryness in the area.
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