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In 2009, a 150-foot meteorite impact crater was identified in the East Uweinat Desert of Egypt, near the southern border with Sudan. The the crater's structure had been known since the early 1980s on old Soviet topographic maps, where it was listed as a source of iron, but no one had concluded it to be from a meteorite.

This impact is estimated to have occurred within the last 5,000 years. Thousands of pieces of meteorite shrapnel were collected in the crater and surrounding desert up to a kilometer away. This shrapnel tore off of the meteorite as it exploded on impact. These pieces are generally well-preserved with minimal weathering, ranging from a few grams to tens of kilograms. Due to this level of preservation and weathering, many meteorite experts believe the impact might be more recent than the 5,000 year estimate.