GETTING TO THE BARRINGER (METEOR) IMPACT CRATER

Barringer Crater, also called Meteor Crater, is located in the United States of America (35º 2' N, 111º 1' W) in northern Arizona, about 35 miles (55 km) east of the city of Flagstaff. The crater is easily reachable, off Interstate Highway 40 at exit 233. View of Meteor Crater from I-40 Medium file, moderate resolution   WMV (1.7 Mb) Small file, low resolution   WMV (0.8 Mb) Distant view of Barringer Impact Crater Large file, best resolution   MPEG-1 (11.7 Mb) Medium file, moderate resolution   WMV (1.9 Mb) Small file, low resolution   WMV (980 Kb)   Windows Media Player --- Windows or Macintosh  Real Player --- Windows or Macintosh or Linux

ASTER satellite image of Barringer (Meteor) impact crater
Image: Livio Tournabene, Univeristy of Tennessee

View of the Barringer impact crater from a distance (yellow dot on the image above)
Photo: G. Osinski, Canadian Space Agency
Location: Off the side of the road approximately 2 kilometers from the visitor center
Scale: Crater diameter is approximately 1.2 kilometers

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