The War Department announced the location in January 1942, and the initial completion was set for that August. As originally constructed, Fort Hood had an area of 158,706 acres (64,226 ha), with billeting for 6,007 officers and 82,610 enlisted personnel. The main cantonment of Fort Hood had a total population of 53,416 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Fort Hood is the most populous U.S. military installation in the world. It is in Bell County, with some portions of the post in Coryell County. In April 2014, the website lists 45,414 assigned soldiers and 8,900 civilian employees with Fort Hood covering 214,000 acres (87,000 ha).
Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub, Yucatan, YucatÃ¡n. Mexico later investigations suggested that this impact structure is dated from the Late, cretaceous about 65 million years. agohe Chicxulub Crater. Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub, Yucatan, YucatÃ¡n. mexico
Within National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa are two seamounts: Vailuluâu and Malulu. Multibeam map from 2005 showing the Vailuluâu seamount crater. The Nafanua cone can be observed in the middle of the crater. Click image for credit and larger view. Vailuluâu Seamount is located in between Manuâa and Rose Atoll and is the only hydrothermally active seamount within the American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone. Discovered in 1975 and first mapped in 1999, Vailulu'u is the active volcanic hotspot that created the Samoan archipelago.