Cottonwood Crater

The  is an atomic bomb impact point in the Mojave Wasteland.

Layout
This area overlooks Cottonwood Cove from the southern mountains and contains a highly radioactive pool, a few Golden Geckos, and a dead Prospector with a Fat Man in poor condition. Simply follow the small peninsula untill it ends and glance to the left.

If you dive down to the bottom of the south-east side of the crator you can see a huge crack in the games map, although you cannot enter it.

Location
The ideal way to access Cottonwood Crater is to travel through Fire Root Cavern, which is hidden but located in the rocky hillside north-west of Cottonwood Crater. However Cottonwood crater can be reached via some slick mountain traversing past the east fence of Searchlight Airport.

The Prospectors body isn't there consistantly on the PC version. Wasn't there on my first playthrough.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.