Researchers in Australia found the crater in Western Australia's Pilbara region and believe it's the oldest impact crater in ...

The second-oldest impact crater, estimated to have been created about 2.2 billion years ago, is also located in Western Australia, southwest of Pilbara, in Yarrabubba.

The meteorite impact—in Western Australia’s Pilbara region—dates back 3.5 billion years, while the former record-holding impact crater is just 2.2 billion years old.

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...

A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Article Publication Date. 6-Mar-2025. COI Statement. N/A.

The reign of T. rex and Co. ended around a measly 66 million years ago, but geologists just discovered that what is now considered the oldest impact crater on Earth is nearly 3.5 billion years old.

Oldest Known Impact Crater Discovered in Australia ... Instead, they found the next best option: a rock formation known as shatter cones, in an area of the Pilbara region called the North Pole Dome.

Geologists claim to have found the planet's oldest impact crater in Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region. The crater, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old, could have been 100 kilometres wide.

Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images (AUSTRALIA) — The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...