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Wolfe Creek - WA 

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Latitude19.1718º S 19º 10' 18.47" S
Longitude127.7973º E 127º 47' 50.12" E
Altitude0
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 Description of Wolfe Creek

Wolfe Creek was named after Robert Tennant Stowe Wolfe, a digger and storekeeper who lived in Halls Creek in the late 1880s. Apparently the crater was created by a meterorite around 2 millions years ago.The erosion of the crater has been slow because of the dryness in the area. There is some dispute about the status of the crater, some say it is the second largest in the world and some say the fourth. Regardless of this it is still a very impressive sight!
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Around 300 000 years ago (during the Pleistocene period) a meteorite crashed to earth, forming an almost perfectly circular crater, 880 metres in diameter. The crater was originally 150 metres deep, although today it is largely filled by sand.
Wolfe Creek Crater is internationally significant as one of only eighteen craters in the world where fragments of the meteorite remain on the site. Near the top of the crater rim, on its western slopes, curious balls of iron-rich rock called 'shale balls' lie scattered on the ground.

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Wolfe Creek Campground basic equipment -bush toilet- but so peace
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Wolfe Creek Crater
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Car Park from Wolfe Creek Crater Rim
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 Weather & Climate for Wolfe Creek

Closest Weather Station

Halls Creek at 10:00 03 Dec WDT
Distance from Wolfe Creek 105.68km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
33.5°C 35.1°C 40% 18.2°C 1010.9hPa 0.0mm SSW 7km/h
4knots
19km/h
10knots

Closest Climatic Station

Halls Creek Airport
Distance from Wolfe Creek 105.68km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.735.735.433.8 30.027.327.230.0 34.037.238.437.9
Mean Min. °C 24.323.722.820.4 16.813.712.614.8 18.922.724.524.7
Mean Rain mm 153.2142.178.320.6 12.65.15.62.0 4.517.236.881.4

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 Places within 5km of Wolfe Creek

Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater [0.92km]  RatingRatingRatingRating
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Wolfe Creek Crater is a meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in Western Australia. It is accessed via the Tanami Road 105 km south of the town of Halls Creek. The crater is central to the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park.

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