How wide is the Chicxulub crater?
180 kmAbout 111.8 miles · Land-sized
About 180 km across, buried under Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
A red kangaroo would need about 22,000 hops (8 m each) to cover it.
☄️180 km
🗽Manhattan
To scale: the Chicxulub crater is about 8.3× bigger than Manhattan.
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Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].