Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Vredefort crater

South Africa

largest verified impact crater on earth, dating from the Paleoproterozoic Era

Vredefort crater in South Africa
Photo: Tadpolefarm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryIMPACT CRATER
LocationSouth Africa
DatasetExpanded physical oddities
Oddness signal82/99
Data completeness80%

The oddity, explained

Why is Vredefort crater unusual?

Vredefort crater appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as largest verified impact crater on earth, dating from the Paleoproterozoic Era. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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