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Cape York meteorite. / 76.133°N 64.933°W / 76.133; -64.933. The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB. In addition to many small fragments, at least eight large fragments with a total mass of 58 tonnes have ...
The cape was the one of many places visited in 1894 by Admiral Robert Peary during his second expedition to the Arctic. A way east across the bay is the island of discovery of the Cape York Meteorite fragments. In the Greenlandic language, the name of the settlement Savissivik on the island close to the cape means 'place of meteorite iron ...
Meteorite name Found year Region/Country Coordinates Group Classification Mass Image 1: Hoba: 1920: Grootfontein, Namibia: Ataxite: IVB: 60,000 kg (130,000 lb) 2: Cape York (Ahnighito) 1894: Meteorite Island, Greenland
Campo del Cielo. / 27.633°S 61.700°W / -27.633; -61.700. Campo del Cielo refers to a group of iron meteorites and the area in Argentina where they were found. [1] The site straddles the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, located 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) north-northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina and approximately 500 ...
Savissivik. / 76.01944°N 65.11389°W / 76.01944; -65.11389. Savissivik ( West Greenlandic; old spelling: Savigsivik) or Havighivik ( Inuktun) ( IATA: SVR) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. Located on Meteorite Island, off the northern shores of Melville Bay, the settlement had 55 inhabitants in 2020.
Knowing that the Inuit had made tools from the Cape York meteorite, mainly due to Sir John Ross' discovery that the natives of Greenland used iron knives, Nordenskiöld landed at Fortune Bay on Disko Island to search for the material. The Inuit had told Ross that they got the iron from high on a mountain, at a site where two large boulders lay.
The Agpalilik meteorite, a part of the Cape York meteorite weighing some 20 tons, can be seen in the museum courtyard. Also on exhibit is a small rock from the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, brought back by the Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972. References
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