Collection of Yamato meteorites by the 35th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

• Main Authors: Minoru Funaki, Naoto Ishikawa
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=4696; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00004696/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=4696&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The 35th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition found 9 ordinary chondrites and 7 fragments around Camp 1 (latitude 71°32′49″S, longitude 35°24′07″E) located 5km westward from Massif C in the Yamato Mountains. In this area meteorites have not been collected previously. Meteorite surveys were also ca...