page_title: Cape York meteorite
section_title: Specimens
hierarchical_section_title: Cape York meteorite / Specimens
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of an Inuit lance with an iron meteorite head (Cape York meteorite) in the british museum.
context_page_description: 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 tons have been recovered, the largest weighing 31 tonnes. The meteorite is loosely named after the where the largest fragment was found: 23 miles east of Cape York, in Savissivik, Meteorite Island, Greenland.
  The date of the meteorite fall is debated, but was probably within the last few thousand years. It was known to local Inuit for centuries, who used it as a source of meteoritic iron for tools. The first foreigner to reach the meteorite was Robert Peary in 1894, with the assistance of Inuit guides. Large pieces are on display at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Copenhagen Geological Museum.
context_section_description: Each of the most important fragments of Cape York has its own name (listed in order of discovery date):
  Ahnighito (the Tent), 30,900 kilograms (68,100 lb), 1884–1897, Meteorite Island, 76°04'N – 64°58'W
  Woman, 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb), 1897, Saveruluk, 76°09'N – 64°56'W
  Dog, 400 kilograms (880 lb), 1897, Saveruluk, 76°09'N – 64°56'W
  Savik I, 3,400 kilograms (7,500 lb), 1913, Savequarfik, 76°08'N – 64°36'W
  Thule, 48.6 kilograms (107 lb), summer 1955, Thule, 76°32'N – 67°33'W
  Savik II, 7.8 kilograms (17 lb), 1961, Savequarfik, 76°08'N – 64°36'W
  Agpalilik (the Man), 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb), 1963, Agpalilik, 76°09'N – 65°10'W
  Tunorput, 250 kilograms (550 lb), 1984
caption: A lance made from a Narwhal tusk with an iron head made from the Cape York meteorite
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