Collection of Yamato Meteorites, East Antarctica in November and December 1975, and January 1976

• Main Author: Matsumoto, Yukio
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/877/files/KJ00000011850.pdf

P(論文) From November 12,1975 to January 24,1976 a seven-man party of the 16th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1974-1976 made an oversnow traverse to the Yamato Mountains area for the purpose of searching for meteorites and conducting geological and geomorphologicai surveys. A total of 307 meteorites were collected during the traverse. Forty-one pieces among 307 were found at the southeast end of the Yamato Mountains, which is the same area as that for the 1969,1973 and 1974 collections, 249 pieces were found on the southwest side of the Mountains, the same area as the 1973 and 1974 collections, 10 pieces were found at the northeast end of the Mountains, and 7 pieces were found in the east-southeast area of Massif D in the Mountains. Two of the collected pieces were iron meteorites and the rest were stony meteorites. departmental bulletin paper