Okechobee Crater

Okechobee Crater, also known as Mississippi Crater and for some time Mississippi Plains, is the name of the location that exists over the area Okechobee. It is a large crater that occupies the area that would have been Florida if it existed today,

Formation
The meteor responsible for creating Okechobee Crater hit Earth around sixty-six million years ago, meaning the crater is likely responsible for the Cretaceous Extinction. Traces of etherium, both in liquid and in solid, have been found on the ground near the flatter surface, on the mountains that were likely formed by the crater, and in the Gulf of Mexico and the local Okechobee Islands.

Geologically, evidence of both etherium and iron suggest the meteor was similar to nickel-iron meteors.

The size of the meteor is indeterminate. The largest estimation is around thirty kilometers while the smallest stands at fifteen kilometers. The size of the crater itself is indeterminate due to having been buried millions of years later by sediment filling inward, but surface level scans confirm it is nearly five kilometers deep.

Discovery and history
Okechobee Crater came to the attention of scientists early in 1973. Originally named Mississippi Plains due to the relatively flat surface (now known as being caused by the crater being filled with sediment and other materials over a long period of time), it was originally theorized to be caused by volcanic activity long before the formation of life.

The next thirty years, from 1973 to 2003, had began to grow suspicious of this claim. Eventually, the presence of the theory of a large asteroid impact had begun after traces of etherium, a nearly impossible-to-reproduce element found only in meteor strikes, were found at the site which was then called Mississippi Crater. The presence of the Appalachian Mountains suddenly bending left suggests this was the case.

Geology
The crater's geology is almost impossible to determine due to most of the crater being filled with sediment. However, areas of the crater are deep enough to serve as the main geological information for Okechobee Crater.

Underground surface scanners confirm the presence of a series of pyramid-like structures pointing outward around what would have been the crater's deepest point. Although effectively preserved due to the massive amount of sediment that has filled the crater since, some of these structures are somehow tall enough to be found merely meters deep, suggesting ancient civilizations built upon Okechobee Crater's growing layers of sediment.

Sandstone, limestone, and etherium have been detected inside Okechobee Crater's layers of sand, though it takes digging to reach the etherium deposits. Sandstone and limestone have however been found above the crater's ground. Lakes and rivers in Okechobee Crater are more likely to hold etherium in solid substances.

Part of Okechobee Crater is filled with water turning into Okechobee Lake.