威爾克斯地隕石坑(英語:Wilkes Land crater)位於南極洲東部的威爾克斯地(Wilkes Land),位在冰層下方1.6公里處。威爾克斯地隕石坑先後被科學家研究過兩次,分別命名為:威爾克斯地異常(Wilkes Land anomaly)、威爾克斯地質量瘤(Wilkes Land mass concentration)。
在2006年3月,俄亥俄州立大學的拉爾夫·馮·弗雷澤(Ralph von Frese)與拉勒米·波茨(Laramie Potts)利用NASA的重力量測及氣候監控衛星(Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, GRACE)人造衛星,宣稱發現一個質量瘤,直經約300公里,名為威爾克斯地質量瘤[4][5]。而一個更大型的地形結構,環繞者威爾克斯地質量瘤。弗雷澤等人認為該地冰原下方有個大型隕石坑,直徑達500公里。造成該撞擊坑的撞擊物體直徑可能達到55.60公里[5]。
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