Haviland Crater

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox terrestrial impact site The Haviland Crater, also called the Brenham Crater, is a meteorite crater (astrobleme) in Kiowa County, Kansas.<ref>Nininger, Harvey Harlow; Figgins, Jesse Dade (1934) "The excavation of a meteorite crater near Haviland, Kansas", American Journal of Science, v. 28n. 16, p. 312-313.</ref><ref>Hodge, P. W. (1979) "The location of the site of the Haviland meteorite crater" Meteoritics, v. 14n. 2, p. 233-234.</ref>

The oval crater is Template:Convert in diameter, making it one of the smallest impact craters in the world. Its age is estimated to be less than 1000 years.<ref>Template:Cite Earth Impact DB</ref> It has been explored with ground-penetrating radar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Meteorite

Template:Details Over 15,000 pounds (7,000 kilograms) of pallasite meteorites have been recovered from the Brenham fall.<ref>Unusual meteorite found in Kansas Template:Webarchive - meteorite dug up October 16, 2006</ref>

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