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Gosses Bluff (Gosse Bluff), Tnorala Conservation Reserve, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gosses Bluff (Gosse Bluff) | - not defined - |
| Tnorala Conservation Reserve | - not defined - |
| MacDonnell Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° 49' 3'' South , 132° 18' 51'' East
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This impact structure was caused by a 600 metre wide meteor or asteroid colliding with the Earth about 142.5 million years ago, near the boundary of the Cretaceous-Jurassic ages. The crater was once much larger at about 22 kilometres, but now only the 5 kilometre diameter central uplift section can be seen, at 180 metres high.
European discovery is by explorer Ernest Giles in 1872, and an other than local origin for the structure was first suggested in the 1960's, with the discovery of shatter cones.
The local Western Arrente people state during the Dreamtime, a group of women were dancing in the Milky Way. One grew tired, and placed a baby she was carrying in a basket (called a Turna or Tarne- pronounced tar-na). The baby fell out, and plunged to the Earth, ever since the mother and father as the Morning and Evening stars have searched for the baby. The Tarne can still be seen in the Corona Australis star system.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Amadeus BasinBasin
- Arunta OrogenOrogen
- Warumpi ProvinceGeologic Province
- Central Australian ElementCraton
- Western Australia
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Arunta BlockOrogenic Belt
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Gosses Bluff, Tnorala Conservation Reserve, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia