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Haughton's geology and climatology are as close to Mars-like as can be had on Earth, Haughton and its environs have been dubbed by scientists working there as "Mars on Earth". For example, the centre of the crater contains impact
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511:Confirmed≥20 km diameter
243:Location on Devon Island
814:Ordovician meteor event
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917:Eugene Merle Shoemaker
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106:Coordinates
954:Categories
844:Stishovite
744:Australite
723:Yarrabubba
693:Strangways
653:Presqu'île
628:Montagnais
598:Lappajärvi
548:Charlevoix
533:Beaverhead
528:Araguainha
482:By country
452:Antarctica
303:References
269:permafrost
253:weathering
224:overlying
44:Confidence
809:Moldavite
804:Meteorite
789:Impactite
718:Woodleigh
713:Vredefort
673:Shoemaker
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618:Mistastin
558:Chicxulub
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222:siltstone
215:Paleozoic
211:Oligocene
68:Oligocene
47:Confirmed
863:Research
708:Tunnunik
603:Logancha
573:Haughton
543:Carswell
487:Possible
279:and the
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95:Location
90:Location
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52:Diameter
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849:Suevite
754:Coesite
749:Breccia
698:Sudbury
648:Popigai
643:Obolon'
623:Mjølnir
588:Karakul
578:Kamensk
538:Boltysh
518:Acraman
265:breccia
257:erosion
229:bedrock
205:in far
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158:Nunavut
144:Country
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116:75°23′N
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