Arandas (crater) km in diameter) they usually have a central peak. The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact. Sometimes craters expose layers that were buried. Rocks from deep underground are tossed onto the surface. Hence, craters can show us what lies deep under the surface. Arandas (crater) Arandas Crater is a crater in the Mare Acidalium quadrangle of Mars, located 42.77° North and 15.17° West. It is 24.76 km in diameter and is named after the town of Arandas in Mexico. South is the scalloped terrain of Cydonia Labyrinthus and further south is Cydonia Colles,
Chicxulub, Yucatán (or "puerto") of Chicxulub, 6 km east of the nearest town, Progreso, lies almost exactly on the geographic center of the crater. The name Chicxulub is Yucatec Maya language, where "ch’ik" means "flea" or "tick", and "xulub’" means "devil, demon, or horns". Chicxulub, Yucatán Chicxulub ( "Ch’ik Xulub") is a town, and surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. At the census of 2005, the town had a population of 5,052 people. Chicxulub is most famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater, an impact crater discovered by geologists on the Yucatán