Location of Wolfe Creek
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Halls Creek, 106.12kms S (232kms, 5hrs 15mins driving)
From
Bayulu, 251.11kms SE (510kms, 8hrs 22mins driving)
From
Lajamanu, 313.07kms W (582kms, 12hrs 34mins driving)
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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!
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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Weather & Climate for Wolfe Creek
Closest Weather Station
Halls Creek at 00:00 22 Nov WST
Distance from Wolfe Creek 105.68km N
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 29.2°C |
27.0°C |
22% |
5.4°C |
1007.7hPa |
0.0mm |
SW |
6km/h
3knots |
13km/h
7knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Halls Creek Airport
Distance from Wolfe Creek 105.68km N
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
36.7 | 35.7 | 35.4 | 33.8 |
30.0 | 27.3 | 27.2 | 30.0 |
34.0 | 37.2 | 38.4 | 37.9 |
| Mean Min. °C |
24.3 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 20.4 |
16.8 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 14.8 |
18.9 | 22.7 | 24.5 | 24.7 |
| Mean Rain mm |
153.2 | 142.1 | 78.3 | 20.6 |
12.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
4.5 | 17.2 | 36.8 | 81.4 |
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