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Henbury Craters, Australia

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Recognized in 1931 near the Finke River, south to the Macdonnell Ranges, The Henbury Crater Field composed by thirteen plus one not confirmed. They span in diameter between 6 and 180 m with the largest located at the north and the smallest at the south end of the ellipse pattern.

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  1. Università D’Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

    Stelvio Staffieri

  2. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Coletta, Maria Libera Battagliere & Maria Virelli

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  1. Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy

    Enrico Flamini

  2. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino—Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Pino Torinese, Italy

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  3. Italian Spce Agency, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Coletta

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Staffieri, S., Coletta, A., Battagliere, M.L., Virelli, M. (2019). Henbury Craters, Australia. In: Flamini, E., Di Martino, M., Coletta, A. (eds) Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05451-9_69

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