Sierra Madera crater
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The Sierra Madera crater is a meteorite crater (astrobleme) in southwestern Pecos County, Texas, United States.<ref name=DB/> The central peak of the rebound structure of the impact crater rises Template:Convert above the surrounding land.<ref>Template:Handbook of Texas</ref> The peak is visible from U.S. Highway 385 between Fort Stockton, Texas and Marathon, Texas. The Sierra Madera crater is located on private property on the La Escalera Ranch.
It is Template:Convert in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 100 million years (Cretaceous or younger).<ref name=DB/>
Apollo 17's Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt did some of their geological training here.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
See also
- Odessa Meteor Crater
- Marquez crater
- Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona
- Trans-Pecos
- Pecos River
- Llano Estacado
References
External links
- Geology of the Sierra Madera cryptoexplosion structure, Pecos County, Texas, Professional Paper 599- H, By: H.G. Wilshire, T.W. Offield, K.A. Howard, and David Cummings. 1972.
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