About
About Bukit Bunuh
Bukit Bunuh is a 180 m (590 ft) hill located within an oil palm plantation in Perak, Malaysia. The site is of geological and palaeoarchaeological interest. 83 million years ago. The area was surveyed by archeologists in the 1980s but evidence of prehistoric human civilisation was discovered in 2001 when agricultural activities uncovered impactite—rocks modified or created from a suspected meteorite impacts. In 2009, the discovery of a hand axes was announced.
83 million years ago. 83 million years ago. Geological evidence of an impact event was the presence of suevite and impact breccias. 84 million years ago. The suspected impact crater lies between two mountain ranges to the east and west: the Titiwangsa and Bintang mountains, respectively. The Perak River cuts through the supposed structure. Rocks in the area include alluvium and tephra from the Toba volcano, dating to the Quaternary, and
History
How it came to be
- Excavation
- Not applicable
Location
Where it is
5.0750° N · 100.9750° E