Aerial View of the Haughton Crater Picture of the Day for Monday, July 30, 2007 The Haughton Crater is located on Devon Island in the Territory of Nunavut in the Canadian high arctic. The Haughton-Mars Project Research Station is located just outside the northwest area of the Haughton impact crater, which is located at 75°22'N latitude and 89°41'W longitude. Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, with a surface area of approximately 66,800 km2. Its geology presents two major provinces: a thick (presently ~ 1.3 km) subhorizontal sequence of Paleozoic (Cambrian to Devonian) marine sedimentary rocks dominated by carbonates (dolomite and limestone) forming part of the Arctic Platform; and a Precambrian crystalline (gneissic) basement lying unconformably under the stack of marine sediments, forming part of the Canadian Shield. The Paleozoic sediments present a gentle dip of approximately 4° towards the west. The flat-topped plateau characterizing much of Devon Island's surface is an old erosional surface (peneplain) exposing sediments of increasing age towards the east. Click on image for full resolution.

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