Cape York Meteorite - Specimens

Specimens

Each of the most important fragments of Cape York has its own name (listed in order of discovery date):

  1. Ahnighito (the Tent), 30,900 kg, 1884-1897, Meteorite Island, 76°04'N - 64°58'W
  2. Woman, 3,000 kg, 1897, Saveruluk, 76°09'N - 64°56'W
  3. Dog, 400 kg, 1897, Saveruluk, 76°09'N - 64°56'W
  4. Savik I, 3,400 kg, 1913, Savequarfik, 76°08'N - 64°36'W
  5. Thule, 48.6 kg, summer 1955, Thule, 76°32'N - 67°33'W
  6. Savik II, 7.8 kg, 1961, Savequarfik, 76°08'N - 64°36'W
  7. Agpalilik (the Man), 20,000 kg, 1963, Agpalilik, 76°09'N - 65°10'W
  8. Tunorput, 250 kg, 1984

  • Slice of Agpalilik in the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

  • Agpalilik outside the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

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