Barlangi Rock

Barlangi Rock is the site of one of Australia’s 27 meteorite impact craters, which slammed into the Earth about 2.23 billion years ago.

The meteorite’s impact violently altered the landscape and smashed a massive hole in the ground, creating the Yarrabubba Impact Structure.

Counter-intuitively the granite outcrop that is Barlangi Rock rises 30m out of the ground. Despite an initial diameter of between 30 and 70km, and a severe shock to the Earth, evidence of the impact isn’t immediately easy to see.

But it’s there if you know what to look for.

Since the impact, the crater has filled with soil but evidence of its existence can be found in shatter cones, xenoliths and xenocrysts.

Please do not collect shatter cones.