The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named. It was formed by a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometres in diameter, the Chicxulub impactor, striking the Earth.

Area: 9,826 mi²

Diameter: 150 km (93 mi)

Depth: 20 km (12 mi)

Impactor diameter: 11–81 kilometres (6.8–50.3 mi)

Age: 66.043 ± 0.011 Ma; Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

Did you know: Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub, Yucatán, Mexico.