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Here you can search for all sorts of impact craters, either by name or location. Images are quite good, and the maps are very helpful.

Lunar & Planetary Institute slideset

Terrestrial impact craters

Provides a good description of how impact craters are made, and has some detailed photos of and information about famous craters throughout the world.

As always, I can be reached at askmrc@earthlink.net.