Location of Campeche Escarpment and Buried Impact Crater (IMAGE)

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Location of Campeche Escarpment and Buried Impact Crater

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This map shows the Gulf of Mexico and the locations of the Campeche Escarpment and the buried impact crater that caused a global extinction event about 65 million years ago.

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(c) 2013 MBARI - Base map from Google Earth

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