Haughton Crater
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The Haughton impact crater is located on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. It was formed about at the end of the Oligocene, 23 million years ago, by an impacting object approximately two kilometres in diameter which left a crater some 20 kilometres in diameter. At 75°N latitude, it is one of the highest-latitude impact craters known. Because of its geographic location, it retains many of the geological features that lower-latitude craters lose to erosion. Because the temperature is below the freezing point of water for much of the year, and what little vegetation there is is slow-growing, very little weathering has taken place.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haughton_impact_crater
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Coordinates: 75°22'26"N 89°39'54"W
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