Des Plaines crater
USA /
Illinois /
Des Plaines /
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Des Plaines
World / United States / Illinois
invisible, historical layer / disappeared object
www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/desplaines.html
The remnants of an (approximately) 8 km (5 mile) diameter crater left by a meteorite impact about 280 million years ago.
The remnants of an (approximately) 8 km (5 mile) diameter crater left by a meteorite impact about 280 million years ago.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_crater
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°2'59"N 87°51'59"W
- DuPage County, Illinois 33 km
- Indiana Portion of Lake Michigan 43 km
- Lake County, Illinois 57 km
- Kane County, Illinois 62 km
- Kendall County, Illinois 71 km
- McHenry County, Illinois 85 km
- Lee-DeKalb Wind Energy Center 95 km
- Big Sky Wind Farm 145 km
- Gratiot Wind Park 311 km
- Grand Traverse Bay 401 km
- Bay Colony 0.1 km
- Unincorporated Des Plaines 0.9 km
- Crestwood Condominiums 1.3 km
- Maine East High School 1.6 km
- Oakton Community College - Des Plaines Campus 1.7 km
- Belleau Lake Forest Preserve 1.8 km
- Ridgewood Cemetery 1.9 km
- Maine Township 2.2 km
- All Saints Cemetery 2.6 km
- Northfield Township 7.2 km