1. The Wilkes Land Crater
By Elias C

2. Basic Facts
 The Crater is in Antarctica
 The crater was discovered by one of NASA’s gravity
radars
 Its bigger and older then the huge and famous
Chicxulub crater in Mexico; that’s the one that
supposedly wiped out the dinosaurs!
 It’s the largest impact crater ever recorded.
 If a meteor like the one that made the Wilkes land crater
crashed into earth, we would go extinct.

3. History
 The impact crater was discovered in 2006 by NASA.
 It crashed into Earth about 250 million years ago!
 It’s the biggest impact creator discovered on Earth.
 It would have caused massive damage to creatures.
 Russia and Korea also helped NASA scientists discover
the crater.
 May have formed in conjunction with the 200 wide
Bedout crater in Australia
 May have helped In the greatest max-extinction ever,
the Great Dying in the Permian period.

4. Geography
 Found in Wilkes land, East Antarctica.
 The crater is 500 (to be exact 483) kilometers wide
 The crater was made by a 50 kilometer meteor
 The crater was found deeply under the ice of the frozen
Antarctica

5. Pictures of doom!

6. Bibliography of doom!
 A, William V. "The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel:
Sci, Space, Tech." 'The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries
Channel: Sci, Space, Tech' The Daily Galaxy, n.d. Web. 16
Apr. 2013.
<http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/08/antarcti
ca-site-of-the-biggest-impact-crater-on-earth-
revealed.html>.
 Gorder, Pam F. "Big Bang In Antarctica -- Killer Crater Found
Under Ice." Big Bang In Antarctica -- Killer Crater Found
Under Ice. Ohio State Research News, n.d. Web. 16 Apr.
2013. <http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/erth"Heavy
Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters | WebEcoist."
Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters |
WebEcoist. WebEcoist, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
<http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/01/12/heavy-
hitters-earths-most-amazing-meteor-craters/>.boom.htm>.

7. Bibliography of doom part 2!!
 "Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters |
WebEcoist." Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor
Craters | WebEcoist. WebEcoist, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
<http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/01/12/heavy-
hitters-earths-most-amazing-meteor-craters/>.