Middlesboro Impact Crater (Middlesboro, Kentucky)
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impact crater, interesting place
Middlesboro is a meteor crater in Kentucky, United States. It is named after the city of Middlesborough (also spelled Middlesboro), which today occupies much of the crater.
It is approximately 3 miles (about 6 km) in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 300 million years (Permian). The crater is exposed to the surface.
It is approximately 3 miles (about 6 km) in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 300 million years (Permian). The crater is exposed to the surface.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesboro_crater
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°36'59"N 83°43'58"W
- Cumberland Gap 4.6 km
- Hensley Settlement 19 km
- Laurel River Dam 61 km
- Site of Boone party massacre in 1773 73 km
- The Highlands of the Pine Mountain Trail 102 km
- Middle Creek National Battlefield 142 km
- Butcher Hollow Road 158 km
- Cave Run Dam/Spillway 168 km
- Hatfield - McCoy Feud Area 175 km
- Proctorville Fairgrounds 237 km
- Middlesboro Airport (1A6) 0.9 km
- Green Hills Memorial Gardens 2.6 km
- Cumberland Gap Tunnel 5.3 km
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park 11 km
- Pine Mountain State Resort Park 13 km
- Wasioto Winds Golf Course 14 km
- Knox Central High School 29 km
- Parkway Plaza Shopping Center 30 km
- Heidrick, Kentucky 32 km
- Lee County, Virginia 48 km