Cottonwood Crater

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

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

Be careful while swimming around in the pool, there are cracks in the game map than can allow you to swim under and back up inside the rocks. It's easy to get turned around and stuck under the rocks as they are transparent when looking out, but still solid. If you do get trapped under the rocks you can fast travel out of it.

Also be careful with your companions as they get stuck easily around this area

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 by jumping over the NE corner of the airport fence using a rock placed near the fence. Or you can use the large fuel tank, but getting on it can take a couple of tries. Getting over the fence this way allows you to get near enough to Cottonwood Crater to fast-travel to it, though your character is actually stuck outside boundary lines now.

Bugs
You can become stuck underneath the Cottonwood Crater if you swim towards the bottom of the pool.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.