Iron meteorite
Cape York
Also called Agpalilik (a major mass), Saviksoah / Meteorite Island irons
A large Greenland iron meteorite historically used by Inuit communities as a source of metal; several enormous named masses are held by museums.
The specimen
- Classification
- Iron meteorite, IIIAB
- Event
- ancient fall; first documented find
- Where
- Melville Bay area, northwest Greenland
- When it fell
- commonly estimated roughly 10,000 years ago; exact date uncertain
- Found
- 1818; major masses documented in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Known mass
- 58.2 metric tonnes
- Still cut for dials
- No longer (as of 2026-08-21)
Documented Corum examples are historical; no current production reference was verified.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org — Cape York history overviewmajor masses and recovery history
- everywatch.com — Corum Meteorite 61.450.56 listing with provenanceCape York dial and reference
- GPHG — Badollet Cape York historyCape York name and Greenland location; movement use is excluded from dial list
- Meteoritical Bulletin Database — Cape Yorkofficial name, Greenland, IIIAB and 58.2 t mass