Vredefort Dome, approximately 120 km south-west of Johannesburg, is a representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or astrobleme. Dating back 2,023 million years, it is the oldest astrobleme yet found on Earth. With a radius of 190 km, it is also the largest and the most deeply eroded.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: Aasvoelkop.jpg by Tadpolefarm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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