Bow City crater

The Bow City crater is a potential^[1] meteorite impact crater located in southern Alberta, Canada.^[2][3][4][5]

Bow City crater
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Impact crater/structure
Confidence	Potential[1]
Diameter	~8 kilometers (5.0 mi)
Age	~73 Ma Late Cretaceous
Exposed	No
Location
Location	Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Coordinates	50°26′N 112°24′W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Municipality	Bow City, Alberta

The 8-kilometre-wide (5.0 mi) crater was discovered in 2012 by Wei Xie of the University of Alberta. The crater is estimated to have formed approximately 70 million years ago. The crater is not directly visible from the surface, as it is buried under approximately a kilometre of overburden. Petrochemical seismic studies provided the first clues to the existence of the crater.