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{{Short description|Impact crater in Kansas}}
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The '''Haviland Crater''', also called the '''Brenham Crater''', is a [[meteorite]] [[impact crater|crater]] ([[astrobleme]]) in [[Kiowa County, Kansas]].<ref>Nininger, Harvey Harlow; Figgins, Jesse Dade (1934) "The excavation of a meteorite crater near Haviland, Kansas", ''American Journal of Science'', v. 28n. 16, p. 312-313.</ref><ref>Hodge, P. W. (1979) "The location of the site of the Haviland meteorite crater" ''Meteoritics'', v. 14n. 2, p. 233-234.</ref>

The oval crater is {{convert|50|feet}} in diameter, making it one of the smallest impact craters in the world. Its age is estimated to be less than 1,000 years.<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Haviland | accessdate = 2009-08-14}}</ref>  It has been explored with [[ground-penetrating radar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_127198.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827195542/http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_127198.htm |archive-date=2009-08-27 |title=GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR IMAGERY OF HAVILAND CRATER, KANSAS: ANATOMY OF A PARTIALLY EXCAVATED METEORITE IMPACT SITE}}</ref>

==Meteorite==
{{Details|Brenham (meteorite)}}
Over 15,000 pounds (7,000 kilograms) of [[pallasite]] meteorites have been recovered from the [[Brenham (meteorite)|Brenham]] fall.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/16/meteorite.kansas.ap/index.html Unusual meteorite found in Kansas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023184828/http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/16/meteorite.kansas.ap/index.html |date=2006-10-23 }} - meteorite dug up October 16, 2006</ref>

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[[Category:Impact craters of the United States]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kansas]]
[[Category:Holocene impact craters]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kiowa County, Kansas]]


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