Meteor Crater, Arizona

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Author name
Jonathan Chipman
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
1,679,960
Release Date
2017-07-15
License
CC BY 4.0
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Asset Overview

This model shows Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater) in Arizona, USA, the site of a 50,000-year old meteorite impact. The crater has a diameter of 1200 m, a depth of 170 m, and the rim rises 50 m above the surrounding terrain. The model is shown here with 2X vertical exaggeration. Model created for the Dartmouth College Earth Sciences Department off-campus program by Jonathan W. Chipman, Citrin GIS/Applied Spatial Analysis Lab, Dartmouth College.