# Radar survey and dated samples of the Hiawatha structure

> The one candidate crater once linked to the Younger Dryas, now dated far too old.

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# Radar survey and dated samples of the Hiawatha structure

PhotographPublic domainImpact dated to 57.99 ± 0.54 million years, 2022

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/7736cebcacca959d4d61a83a397a9dc2fd93883a980cf89f233d08dc9540c9bf)

[![Radar survey and dated samples of the Hiawatha structure: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/7736cebcacca959d4d61a83a397a9dc2fd93883a980cf89f233d08dc9540c9bf/w800)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/7736cebcacca959d4d61a83a397a9dc2fd93883a980cf89f233d08dc9540c9bf)

Radar survey and dated samples of the Hiawatha structure: photo

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The one candidate crater once linked to the Younger Dryas, now dated far too old.

NASA Goddard, 2022. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Photo** NASA Goddard · commons.wikimedia.org · 2018 · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: [File:Hiawatha Crater.gif](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WZ9G4HQW/file-hiawatha-crater-gif)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiawatha_Crater.gif)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/7736cebcacca959d4d61a83a397a9dc2fd93883a980cf89f233d08dc9540c9bf)

**Document** Gavin Kenny and colleagues · doi.org · 2022-03 · CC-BY-4.0Primary source: [A Late Paleocene age for Greenland's Hiawatha impact structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WTN231HN/a-late-paleocene-age-for-greenlands-hiawatha-impact)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm2434)

**Picture** NASA/Cindy Starr · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiawatha_Crater.gif)

## Where it was made

[Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D51X1800355/hiawatha-impact-structure-northwest-greenland) · Impact crater (under ice)

## Sources 1

- [A Late Paleocene age for Greenland's Hiawatha impact structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WTN231HN/a-late-paleocene-age-for-greenlands-hiawatha-impact)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Radar survey and dated samples of the Hiawatha structure [Artifact ART0D51Y0862A92]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D51Y0862A92
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**ART** 0D51Y0862A92

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Recording

Held by

NASA (airborne radar); the dated sand and melt rock with the 2022 authors

Dated

impact dated to 57.99 ± 0.54 million years, 2022

Licence

Public domain (US government work)

Place

[Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D51X1800355/hiawatha-impact-structure-northwest-greenland)

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[Younger Dryas impact hypothesis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact)

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