Where is the "best" place for a large asteroid to hit?

[YellowJersey]

This is a question I've had rattling around my brain for a while now.

 

Question: If a Chicxalub-sized were to hit the Earth, which impact site would cause the "least" amount of damage?

 I realise that damage would be catestrophic regardless of where it hit, but where on Earth would be the "best" (ie, "least worst") place for it to hit?

 

 Anywhere on land results in a nuclear winter. But would hitting the deep ocean would prevent a nuclear winter? Sure, it would result in a worldwide tsunami several hundred metres (or higher), but would there be areas of land deep in the interior of continents that would be spared the flooding? Would even the deep ocean not provide enough of a buffer to prevent billions of tonnes of dust and ash from being put into the atmosphere?
 

[Eigenvektor]

I don't think there's really a good spot for a meteor of that size to hit, at least if you want civilization to continue largely unaffected.

 

Even if you "just" hit the ocean, at the very least you'd have tons of additional water vapor in the atmosphere. Like CO2 it does contribute to the greenhouse effect. So climate would get messed up even worse then it is already. Might not kill humanity immediately, but long term… who knows?

 

Then there's the tsunami that would destroy a huge amount of infrastructure. Sure, you might survive if you live far enough from the ocean and high enough. But it might very well be "stone age" for some time to come, depending on how much critical infrastructure is destroyed.

[Arika]

very top of Everest.

[Moonzy]

My neighbors, if we're going to die anyways, at least I want them to go first

[Rybo]

I'd guess Siberia.  It will still be an Unpleasant Experience™ for all parties involved (i.e., inhabitants of Earth), but at least all we on the other side of the world will get will be the atmosphere turning into fire followed by dust storms that blot out the sun.  If it landed in the ocean, we'd get devastating coastal tsunamis as well.  And nobody needs a tsunami when they're on fire and suffocating already.  

[PlayStation 2]

Preferably, somewhere in Europe.

[steelo]

D.C.

[Guest]

Doesn't really matter, everyone would be screwed, especially if it was on the larger side of Chicxalub estimates as opposed to the smaller estimates.

The only difference that impact location would make would be the immediate after effects like deep ocean = massive mega tsunami, global flooding, steam and heat thrown into the atmosphere.

Shallower ocean = smaller tsunami, more ash, dust, debris as well as steam.

Direct land hit masses of ash, debris and toxic dust, leading very quickly to killer acid rain, pollution of all the world's water sources etc.