Huge Jordanian Crater

[blobrana]

A huge crater caused by a gigantic meteorite has been discovered recently in the eastern part of Jordan, the largest meteorite crater in the region.
The impact site in Jabal Waqf es Swwan, some 200 km east of the Karak governorate in eastern Jordan, was discovered by geology professors of University of Jordan Elias Salameh and Hani Khoury, along with German professor Werner Schneider.

A meteorite struck the area around 7,500-10,000 years ago with an impact diameter of about 100 meters, the report said.

"The damage force of such an impact might equal 5,000 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb" Salameh said, adding that it would have destroyed everything within a radius of hundreds of kilometres.

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[Karlos]

And here was me thinking you'd found Bush's 2006 xmas letter to "Satan Clause"...

[blobrana]

Hum,
I'm sure his letter to "Satan Claws" had something similar and of  "biblical proportion" in it.

(But seriously, not all the news from the middle east is about death and destruction)

[JaXanim]

Nicely visible on Google Earth from around 15 miles altitude at Latitude 31°2'46.48"N and Longitude 36°48'22.32"E - which is probably how it was discovered.

If anyone takes a look, maybe you'd also pop over to approx 21°56'N/24°54'E where I've spotted something not on any crater lists. There's another structure at approx 22°02'N/19°13'E.

They sure look the bees knees to me, but maybe they aren't impact craters at all? Fascinating!

Cheers, JaX

[EDIT: Sorry those are East not West!]

[blobrana]

Hum,
there are a lot of volcanic structures in that region.
22°02'N/19°13'E  is  volcanic
21°56'N/24°54'E  looks like volcanic features
 
The only unclassified and as yet unreported crater i could find  is at  21°21'26.26"N/ 20°45'12.24"E
(it shows a partial ring wall)

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[Dandy]

blobrana wrote:
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The only unclassified and as yet unreported crater i could find  is at  21°21'26.26"N/ 20°45'12.24"E
(it shows a partial ring wall)
...

Hmmmmmm - could you please mark the ringwall in your image?
To be honest, I'm not sure that the area I think is the ringwall really *IS* the ringwall you're talking about...

Your image does not show very much details...

(But seriously, not all the news from the middle east is about death and destruction)

Indeed!  This news only concerns destruction, being about a crater and all. ;-)

[JaXanim]

blobrana said:
"The only unclassified and as yet unreported crater i could find is at 21°21'26.26"N/ 20°45'12.24"E
(it shows a partial ring wall)"

I think I see two concentric ridges running between six and nine o'clock. Is that what you see?

In order to help with Google Earth scans, how do you differentiate between volcanic features and impacts?

Cheers, JaX