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{{Short description|Meteorite impact crater in Western Australia}}
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[[File:Wolfe creek crater.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater]]
[[File:Wolfe Creek Crater L1C T52KCD A024796 20211205T014106.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Wolfe Creek Crater. Sentinel-2 image.]]
'''Wolfe Creek Crater''' is a well-preserved [[meteorite]] [[impact crater]] ([[astrobleme]]) in [[Western Australia]].<ref name="McNamara1982">McNamara, K. ''Wolf Creek Crater ''illustrations by Ben Jackson. Perth, W.A : Western Australian Museum, 1982. {{ISBN|0-7244-9239-9}}</ref><ref name="EIDb">{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Wolfe Creek | work = Earth Impact Database | linkname = wolfecreek | accessdate = 2006-08-06 }}</ref>
'''Wolfe Creek Crater''' is a well-preserved [[meteorite]] [[impact crater]] ([[astrobleme]]) in [[Western Australia]].<ref name="McNamara1982">McNamara, K. ''Wolf Creek Crater ''illustrations by Ben Jackson. Perth, W.A : Western Australian Museum, 1982. {{ISBN|0-7244-9239-9}}</ref><ref name="EIDb">{{cite Earth Impact DB |name=Wolfe Creek |work=Earth Impact Database |linkname=WolfeCreek |accessdate=6 August 2006}}</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==
It is accessed via the [[Tanami Track|Tanami Road]] {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the town of [[Halls Creek, Western Australia|Halls Creek]]. The crater is central to the [[Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park]].<ref name="ParkSite">{{cite web | title = Wolfe Creek Crater National Park | work = NatureBase National Parks | publisher = Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia | year = 2007 | url = http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,41/ | accessdate = 2007-02-08 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
It is accessed via the [[Tanami Track|Tanami Road]] {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the town of [[Halls Creek, Western Australia|Halls Creek]]. The crater is central to the [[Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park]].<ref name="ParkSite">{{cite web |title=Wolfe Creek Crater National Park |work=NatureBase National Parks |publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia |year=2007 |url=http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,41/ |accessdate=8 February 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092545/http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,41/ |archivedate=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


The crater averages about {{convert|875|m|ft}} in diameter, {{convert|60|m|ft}} from rim to present crater floor and it is estimated that the meteorite that formed it had a mass of about 50,000 tonnes,<ref name="ParkSite"/><!-- the ton here was metric, was it?--> while the age is estimated to be less than 300,000 years ([[Pleistocene]]).<ref name="EIDb"/> Small numbers of iron meteorites have been found in the vicinity of the crater, as well as larger so-called 'shale-balls', rounded objects made of iron oxide, some weighing as much as 250&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite book |title=Australia's Meteorite Craters |last=Bevan |first=Alex |author2=Ken McNamara |year=1993 |publisher=Western Australian Museum |location=Perth |isbn=0-7309-5926-0 |page=8 }}</ref>
The crater averages about {{convert|875|m|ft}} in diameter, {{convert|60|m|ft}} from rim to present crater floor.<ref name="ParkSite"/> It is estimated that the meteorite that formed it was about {{convert|15|m|ft}} in diameter and had a mass of about 14,000 tonnes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.port.ac.uk/node/32306 |title=Wolfe Creek Crater younger than previously thought |date=18 November 2019 |publisher=University of Portsmouth |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> For many years it was thought to have been created around 300,000 years ago, but in 2019, following investigations by researchers from [[Portsmouth University]] together with Australian and US researchers, it is now estimated to be less than 120,000 years old, placing the event in the [[Late Pleistocene]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://australiascience.tv/wolfe-creek-crater-is-way-younger-than-we-thought/ |title=Wolfe Creek Crater is way younger than we thought |date=25 November 2019 |website=Australia's Science Channel |language=en |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> Small numbers of iron meteorites have been found in the vicinity of the crater, as well as larger so-called 'shale-balls', rounded objects made of iron oxide, some weighing as much as {{convert|250|kg|lb}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Australia's Meteorite Craters |last=Bevan |first=Alex |author2=Ken McNamara |year=1993 |publisher=Western Australian Museum |location=Perth |isbn=0-7309-5926-0 |page=8}}</ref>


It was brought to the attention of scientists after being spotted during an aerial survey in 1947, investigated on the ground two months later, and reported in publication in 1949.<ref name="Reeves1949">Reeves F. & Chalmers R.O. (1949) 'The Wolf Creek crater', The Australian Journal of Science 11, 154-156.</ref> The European name for the crater comes from a nearby creek, which was in turn named after Robert Wolfe (early reports misspell the name as Wolf Creek), a prospector and storekeeper during the gold rush that established the town of Halls Creek.<ref name="AustHeritage">{{cite AHD|10162|Wolf Creek Crater, Koongee Park - Alice Springs Rd, Halls Creek, WA| accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>
It was brought to the attention of scientists after being spotted during an aerial survey in 1947, investigated on the ground two months later, and reported in publication in 1949.<ref name="Reeves1949">Reeves F. & Chalmers R.O. (1949) 'The Wolf Creek crater', The Australian Journal of Science 11, 154-156.</ref> The European name for the crater comes from a nearby creek, which was in turn named after Robert Wolfe (early reports misspell the name as Wolf Creek), a prospector and storekeeper during the gold rush that established the town of Halls Creek.<ref name="AustHeritage">{{cite AHD|10162|Wolf Creek Crater, Koongee Park - Alice Springs Rd, Halls Creek, WA |accessdate=8 February 2007}}</ref>


== Aboriginal significance ==
== Aboriginal significance ==
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== Cultural references ==
== Cultural references ==
The crater was featured in the 2005 [[horror film]] ''[[Wolf Creek (film)|Wolf Creek]]'', and the sequel in 2013, ''[[Wolf Creek 2]]''. It also features in the Stan Australia streaming service [[Wolf Creek (TV series)|original television series with the same name]].
The crater was featured in the 2005 Australian [[horror film]] ''[[Wolf Creek (film)|Wolf Creek]]'', and the sequel in 2013, ''[[Wolf Creek 2]]''. It also features in the Stan Australia streaming service [[Wolf Creek (TV series)|original television series with the same name]].


It was the setting for [[Arthur Upfield]]'s 1962 novel ''The Will of the Tribe''.
It was the setting for [[Arthur Upfield]]'s 1962 novel ''The Will of the Tribe''.
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The Wolfe Creek crater has considerable claim to be the second most 'obvious' (i.e. relatively undeformed by erosion) meteorite crater known on Earth, after the famous [[Barringer Crater]] in [[Arizona]].
The Wolfe Creek crater has considerable claim to be the second most 'obvious' (i.e. relatively undeformed by erosion) meteorite crater known on Earth, after the famous [[Barringer Crater]] in [[Arizona]].


The crater is mentioned in the children's science fiction book ''[[Ologies (series)|Alienology]]'' that says (in its universe) that a space craft crashed there.
The crater is mentioned in the 2010 children's science fiction book ''[[Ologies (series)|Alienology]]'' that says (in its universe) that a space craft crashed there.


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Portal|Geology|Western Australia}}
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
{{Commons category|Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park}}
* Beasley, A. W., Wolf Creek [''sic''], Australia's largest meteorite crater. Victorian Naturalist, v. 87, pp. 189-191. 1970
* Cassidy, W. A., Descriptions and topographic maps of the Wolf Creek [''[[sic]]''] and Boxhole craters, Australia (abstract). French, B.M. and Short, N.M., eds., Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, MD, p. 623. 1968
* Beasley, A. W., Wolf Creek [''sic''], Australia's largest meteorite crater. Victorian Naturalist, v. 87, pp.&nbsp;189–191. 1970
* Cassidy, W. A., Descriptions and topographic maps of the Wolf Creek [''[[sic]]''] and Boxhole craters, Australia (abstract). French, B.M. and Short, N.M., eds., Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, MD, p.&nbsp;623. 1968
* Cassidy, W. A., The Wolf Creek [''sic''], Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 1, pp. 197-199. 1954
* Cassidy, W. A., The Wolf Creek [''sic''], Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 1, pp.&nbsp;197–199. 1954
* Fudali, R. F., Gravity investigation of Wolf Creek crater [''sic''], Western Australia. Journal of Geology, v. 87, pp. 55-67. 1979
* Fudali, R. F., Gravity investigation of Wolf Creek crater [''sic''], Western Australia. Journal of Geology, v. 87, pp.&nbsp;55–67. 1979
* Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [''sic''], Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia, pp. 30-36. 1949
* Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [''sic''], Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia, pp.&nbsp;30–36. 1949
* Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [''sic''], Western Australia. The Journal of Geology, v. 58, pp. 30-36. 1950
* Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [''sic''], Western Australia. The Journal of Geology, v. 58, pp.&nbsp;30–36. 1950
* Hawke, P. J., Geophysical investigation of the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2003/10. 2003
* Hawke, P. J., Geophysical investigation of the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2003/10. 2003
* Knox, R.,Jr., Surviving metal in meteoritic iron oxide from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 3, pp. 235-238. 1967
* Knox, R., Jr., Surviving metal in meteoritic iron oxide from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 3, pp.&nbsp;235–238. 1967
* LaPaz, L., Meteoritic material from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 1, pp. 200-203. 1954
* LaPaz, L., Meteoritic material from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 1, pp.&nbsp;200–203. 1954
* Leonard, F. C., Further evidence concerning the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (-1278, 192). Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 405-406. 1949
* Leonard, F. C., Further evidence concerning the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (-1278, 192). Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp.&nbsp;405–406. 1949
* Leonard, F. C., Is the crater of Wolf Creek, Western Australia (-1278,193) meteoritic? Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 138-140. 1949
* Leonard, F. C., Is the crater of Wolf Creek, Western Australia (-1278,193) meteoritic? Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp.&nbsp;138–140. 1949
* Leonard, F. C., More about the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater. Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 345-346. 1949
* Leonard, F. C., More about the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater. Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp.&nbsp;345–346. 1949
* McCall, G. J. H., Possible meteorite craters - Wolf Creek, Australia and analogs. New York Academy of Sciences Annals, v. 123, pp. 970-998. 1965
* McCall, G. J. H., Possible meteorite craters - Wolf Creek, Australia and analogs. New York Academy of Sciences Annals, v. 123, pp.&nbsp;970–998. 1965
* Miura, Y., New shocked quartz with high density from Wolf Creek impact crater (abstract), Meteoritics, v. 30, p. 551. 1995
* Miura, Y., New shocked quartz with high density from Wolf Creek impact crater (abstract), Meteoritics, v. 30, p.&nbsp;551. 1995
* O'Neill, C., Heine, C., Glikson, A. Y., Haines, P. W., Reconstructing the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact; deep structure of the crater and effects on target rock. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 52, pp. 699-709. 2005
* O'Neill, C., Heine, C., Glikson, A. Y., Haines, P. W., Reconstructing the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact; deep structure of the crater and effects on target rock. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 52, pp.&nbsp;699–709. 2005
* Taylor, S. R., The Wolf Creek iron meteorite. Nature, v. 208, pp. 944-945. 1965
* Taylor, S. R., The Wolf Creek iron meteorite. Nature, v. 208, pp.&nbsp;944–945. 1965
* Wooler, M. J., Johnson, B. J. , Wilkie, A. and Fogel, M. L., Stable isotope characteristics across narrow savanna/woodland ecotones in Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia. Oecologia, Vol. 145, P. 100- 112. 2005
* Wooler, M. J., Johnson, B. J., Wilkie, A. and Fogel, M. L., Stable isotope characteristics across narrow savanna/woodland ecotones in Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia. Oecologia, Vol. 145, P. 100- 112. 2005


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[[Category:Great Sandy Desert]]
[[Category:Great Sandy Desert]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Western Australia]]

Latest revision as of 05:48, 1 July 2024

Wolfe Creek Crater
Kandimalal
The Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater in 2003
Impact crater/structure
ConfidenceConfirmed
Diameter875 m (2,871 ft)
Depth60 m (200 ft)
Age~150 ka
Pleistocene
ExposedYes
DrilledNo
Bolide typeiron meteorite
~50,000 t (49,000 long tons; 55,000 short tons)
Location
LocationWolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park, Great Sandy Desert
Coordinates19°10′18″S 127°47′44″E / 19.17167°S 127.79556°E / -19.17167; 127.79556
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
Wolfe Creek Crater is located in Western Australia
Wolfe Creek Crater
Location of the crater in Western Australia
AccessTanami Road
Wolfe Creek Crater. Sentinel-2 image.

Wolfe Creek Crater is a well-preserved meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in Western Australia.[1][2]

Description

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It is accessed via the Tanami Road 150 km (93 mi) south of the town of Halls Creek. The crater is central to the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park.[3]

The crater averages about 875 metres (2,871 ft) in diameter, 60 metres (200 ft) from rim to present crater floor.[3] It is estimated that the meteorite that formed it was about 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter and had a mass of about 14,000 tonnes.[4] For many years it was thought to have been created around 300,000 years ago, but in 2019, following investigations by researchers from Portsmouth University together with Australian and US researchers, it is now estimated to be less than 120,000 years old, placing the event in the Late Pleistocene.[5] Small numbers of iron meteorites have been found in the vicinity of the crater, as well as larger so-called 'shale-balls', rounded objects made of iron oxide, some weighing as much as 250 kilograms (550 lb).[6]

It was brought to the attention of scientists after being spotted during an aerial survey in 1947, investigated on the ground two months later, and reported in publication in 1949.[7] The European name for the crater comes from a nearby creek, which was in turn named after Robert Wolfe (early reports misspell the name as Wolf Creek), a prospector and storekeeper during the gold rush that established the town of Halls Creek.[8]

Aboriginal significance

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The local Djaru (Jaru) Aboriginal people refer to the crater as Kandimalal.[3] There are multiple Dreaming stories about the formation of the crater. One such story describes the crater's round shape being formed by the passage of a rainbow snake out of the earth, while another snake formed the nearby Sturt Creek.[9] Another story, as told by an Elder, is that one day the crescent moon and the evening star passed very close to each other.[10] The evening star became so hot that it fell to the ground, causing an enormous explosion and flash, followed by a dust cloud. This frightened the people and a long time passed before they ventured near the crater to see what had happened. When they finally went there, they realised that this was the site where the evening star had fallen to the Earth. The Djaru people named the place "Kandimalal" and it is prominent in art from the region.[11][12]

Cultural references

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The crater was featured in the 2005 Australian horror film Wolf Creek, and the sequel in 2013, Wolf Creek 2. It also features in the Stan Australia streaming service original television series with the same name.

It was the setting for Arthur Upfield's 1962 novel The Will of the Tribe.

The Wolfe Creek crater has considerable claim to be the second most 'obvious' (i.e. relatively undeformed by erosion) meteorite crater known on Earth, after the famous Barringer Crater in Arizona.

The crater is mentioned in the 2010 children's science fiction book Alienology that says (in its universe) that a space craft crashed there.

References

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  1. ^ McNamara, K. Wolf Creek Crater illustrations by Ben Jackson. Perth, W.A : Western Australian Museum, 1982. ISBN 0-7244-9239-9
  2. ^ "Wolfe Creek". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
  3. ^ a b c "Wolfe Creek Crater National Park". NatureBase National Parks. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  4. ^ "Wolfe Creek Crater younger than previously thought". University of Portsmouth. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Wolfe Creek Crater is way younger than we thought". Australia's Science Channel. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ Bevan, Alex; Ken McNamara (1993). Australia's Meteorite Craters. Perth: Western Australian Museum. p. 8. ISBN 0-7309-5926-0.
  7. ^ Reeves F. & Chalmers R.O. (1949) 'The Wolf Creek crater', The Australian Journal of Science 11, 154-156.
  8. ^ "Wolf Creek Crater, Koongee Park - Alice Springs Rd, Halls Creek, WA (Place ID 10162)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  9. ^ Mountford, C.P. (1976) 'Nomads of the Australian Desert', Rigby, Ltd., Adelaide.
  10. ^ Goldsmith, J. (2000), 'Cosmic impacts in the Kimberly', Landscope Magazine, Vol. 15(3), pp. 28-34
  11. ^ Sanday, P.R. (2007) 'Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe Creek Crater: Track of the Rainbow Serpent', University of Pennsylvania Press.
  12. ^ Hamacher, D.W. & Norris, R.P. (2009) 'Australian Aboriginal Geomythology: Eyewitness Accounts of Cosmic Impacts?' Archaeoastronomy, Vol. 22, pp. 62-95.

Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park.
  • Beasley, A. W., Wolf Creek [sic], Australia's largest meteorite crater. Victorian Naturalist, v. 87, pp. 189–191. 1970
  • Cassidy, W. A., Descriptions and topographic maps of the Wolf Creek [sic] and Boxhole craters, Australia (abstract). French, B.M. and Short, N.M., eds., Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, MD, p. 623. 1968
  • Cassidy, W. A., The Wolf Creek [sic], Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 1, pp. 197–199. 1954
  • Fudali, R. F., Gravity investigation of Wolf Creek crater [sic], Western Australia. Journal of Geology, v. 87, pp. 55–67. 1979
  • Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [sic], Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia, pp. 30–36. 1949
  • Guppy, D. J., Matheson, R. S., Wolf Creek meteorite crater [sic], Western Australia. The Journal of Geology, v. 58, pp. 30–36. 1950
  • Hawke, P. J., Geophysical investigation of the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2003/10. 2003
  • Knox, R., Jr., Surviving metal in meteoritic iron oxide from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, meteorite crater. Meteoritics, v. 3, pp. 235–238. 1967
  • LaPaz, L., Meteoritic material from the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 1, pp. 200–203. 1954
  • Leonard, F. C., Further evidence concerning the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater (-1278, 192). Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 405–406. 1949
  • Leonard, F. C., Is the crater of Wolf Creek, Western Australia (-1278,193) meteoritic? Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 138–140. 1949
  • Leonard, F. C., More about the Wolf Creek, Western Australia, crater. Popular Astronomy, v. 57, pp. 345–346. 1949
  • McCall, G. J. H., Possible meteorite craters - Wolf Creek, Australia and analogs. New York Academy of Sciences Annals, v. 123, pp. 970–998. 1965
  • Miura, Y., New shocked quartz with high density from Wolf Creek impact crater (abstract), Meteoritics, v. 30, p. 551. 1995
  • O'Neill, C., Heine, C., Glikson, A. Y., Haines, P. W., Reconstructing the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact; deep structure of the crater and effects on target rock. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 52, pp. 699–709. 2005
  • Taylor, S. R., The Wolf Creek iron meteorite. Nature, v. 208, pp. 944–945. 1965
  • Wooler, M. J., Johnson, B. J., Wilkie, A. and Fogel, M. L., Stable isotope characteristics across narrow savanna/woodland ecotones in Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia. Oecologia, Vol. 145, P. 100- 112. 2005
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