Australia
Australia was formed by many meteor impacts. The image above shows some of the biggest ones.
The
east coast of Australia was formed by a large impact with a
diameter of 1625 kilometers. Just north of that another impact of
1690 kilometers diameter gave form to the Great Barrier Reef.
The
southern coast shows four obvious impact sites. The large double
circle is from the impact that formed the Great Austrailian Bight.
The smaller double circle formed the water bodies around Adalaide.
This
is the hill country just north of central Australia. Studying
these seismic circles gives a good indication as to how these
landforms came to be.
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Once loaded into Google Earth you can examine the circles closely. We are looking for formations of many kinds that closely follow the circle line. Clicking on the placemarks will take you to a good viewing distance for that formation. Follow the circle lines closely and you will very likely find more. A close study of these impacts will show seismic circles both smaller and larger than the one shown. These kmz files only describe some of the most obvious meteor impacts.