List of impact craters in Australia


This list includes all 27 confirmed impact craters in Australia as listed in the Earth Impact Database.

Impact craters - confirmed

NameStateDiameter
Age Coordinates
AcramanSouth Australia90about 590 million
Amelia CreekNorthern Territory201660 - 600 million
BoxholeNorthern Territory0.175,400 ± 1,500
Connolly BasinWestern Australia9< 60 million
CrawfordSouth Australia8.5> 35 million
DalgarangaWestern Australia0.02about 3000
FlaxmanSouth Australia10> 35 million
FoelscheNorthern Territory6> 545 million
GliksonWestern Australia19< 508 million
Goat PaddockWestern Australia5< 50 million
Gosses BluffNorthern Territory22142.5 ± 0.8 million
GoyderNorthern Territory3< 1.4 billion
HenburyNorthern Territory0.164200 ± 1900
Kelly WestNorthern Territory10> 550 million
Lawn HillQueensland18> 515 million
LiverpoolNorthern Territory1.61000 - 543 million
Matt WilsonNorthern Territory7.5< 1402 ± 440 million
Mount ToondinaSouth Australia4< 110 million
PiccaninnyWestern Australia7< 360 million
Shoemaker
Western Australia30Proterozoic
SpiderWestern Australia13> 570 million
StrangwaysNorthern Territory25646 ± 42 million
TookoonookaQueensland55128 ± 5 million
VeeversWestern Australia0.08< 20 thousand
Wolfe CreekWestern Australia0.87300,000
WoodleighWestern Australia60-120364 ± 8 million
YarrabubbaWestern Australia70> 2 billion

Unconfirmed impact craters

The following craters are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven.
NameStateDiameterAgeCoordinates
BedoutIndian Ocean, Western Australia200 km250 million
Darwin CraterTasmania1.2 km800 thousand
Diamantina River ring featureUpper Diamantina River, Queensland130 km300 million
East Warburton BasinSouth Australia200 kmabout 300-360 million
West Warburton BasinSouth Australia200 kmabout 300-360 million
Massive Australian Precambrian/Cambrian
Impact Structure
Northern Territorymultiple rings 500 km - 2000 km545 million = P/C boundary
Hickman CraterNewman, Western Australia0.27 km10 - 100 thousand
Unnamed impactCooper Basin, South Australia80 km - 160 km300 million