Victoria Island structure
| Victoria Island structure | |
|---|---|
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| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | probable[1] |
| Diameter | 5.5 kilometers (3.4 mi) |
| Exposed | No |
| Drilled | No |
| Location | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | San Joaquin County |
The Victoria Island structure is a 5.5 km (3 mi) bowl-shaped structure buried in the shale sediments of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, 12 miles (19 km) west of Stockton, California. The circular structure is part of a former sea bed, and lies 1,490–1,600 meters (4,890–5,250 ft) below sea level.[2]
Discovered during oil exploration and reported at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, in March 2007, it is thought to be a buried impact crater formed between 37 and 49 million years ago.[3][4]
Victoria Island, which the structure is named for, is in the San Joaquin River Delta at approximately Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[5] The current publications do not list a more precise location for the impact structure than the island.
See also
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- ^ Paul Rincon (2007). 'Crater' spied under California, BBC News
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