• Monturaqui is an impact crater in Chile. It lies south of the Salar de Atacama and was formed 663,000 ± 90,000 years ago by the impact of an IAB meteorite...
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    An example of impactite on Earth (from Monturaqui impact crater, Chile)...
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    Socompa is on the border between Argentina and Chile, east-southeast of the Monturaqui railway station of the Salta–Antofagasta railway. The railway crosses...
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    observed at other relatively fresh impact craters, including Henbury and Monturaqui. Nininger believed that the crater should be a national monument and,...
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    19°10′18″S 127°47′44″E / 19.17167°S 127.79556°E / -19.17167; 127.79556 Monturaqui Atacama Desert Chile 0.455 640 ± 140 23°55′40″S 68°15′41″W / 23.92778°S...
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    Atacama Desert Puna de Atacama Eduardo Abaroa List of towns in Chile Monturaqui crater "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November...
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    700 (Colônia crater) Monturaqui Chile 0.46 km < 1 million 23°56′S 68°16′W / 23.933°S 68.267°W / -23.933; -68.267 (Monturaqui) Riachão Ring Brazil...
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    Salín Aracar and Salin (on the right) seen from near Monturaqui station in Chile Highest point Elevation 6,029 m (19,780 ft) Prominence 1,494 m (4,902 ft)...
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  • Taltal where the rarest of meteorites, the mesosiderite, can be found. 3 "Monturaqui, Chile" November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) This 1,509-foot-diameter (460-meter-diameter)...
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    of the volcanic field, and Aguas Delgadas. Towns in the area include Monturaqui, Peine [es], Tilomonte, Tilopozo, and a mining camp southwest of the field...
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