The Jabal Waqf es Suwwan crater is an

impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...

Ma'an Governorate Ma'an ( ar, معان) is one of the governorates of Jordan, it is located south of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is the city of Ma'an. This governorate is the largest in the kingdom of Jordan by area. History The land of the Governorate ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, near the Saudi border. The crater has a diameter of 5.5 km. It is estimated at 37–56 million years old. It is exposed at the surface. The crater was proposed in 2006 by geologists Elias Salameh and Hani N. Khoury from the

University of Jordan The University of Jordan ( ar, الجامعة الأردنية), often abbreviated UJ, is a public university located in Amman, Jordan. Founded in 1962 by royal decree, it is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Jordan. ...

, along with German professor Werner Schneider. The

bolide A bolide is normally taken to mean an exceptionally bright meteor, but the term is subject to more than one definition, according to context. It may refer to any large crater-forming body, or to one that explodes in the atmosphere. It can be a ...

is estimated by Prof. Salameh to have been 100m in diameter, and to have had an impact velocity of 40–50 km/s.Jordan news agency, quoted at th
Bad Astronomy forums
/ref>

References

* ''Scientists discover region’s largest meteor crater'', The Jordan Times, August 8, 2006
At Google Earth Community

Salameh Elias, Khoury Hani N., Schneider Werner (2006). Jebel Wagf as Suwwna, Jordan: a possible impact crater - a first approach . Z. Dtsch. Ges. Geowiss., Vol.157, No.3, P. 319-325
(Cited at http://omzg.sscc.ru/impact/ab460.html) {{Impact cratering on Earth Impact craters of Jordan