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Henbury Meteorite Craters

TIME : 2016/2/18 14:22:09

Eleven kilometres west of the Stuart Hwy, a corrugated track leads 5km off Ernest Giles Rd to this cluster of 12 small craters, formed after a meteor fell to earth 4700 years ago. The largest of the craters is 180m wide and 15m deep. It's well worth the detour, the road is fine for 2WDs if you proceed carefully, and the craters are surrounded by some beautiful country.

There are some pretty grim camp sites available.

There are no longer any fragments of the meteorites at the site, but the Museum of Central Australia in Alice Springs has a small chunk that weighs 46.5kg.