Agpalilik - Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, København - Denmark
N 55° 41.239 E 012° 34.629
33U E 347690 N 6173940
Meteoritten Agpalilik blev fundet i Grønland i 1963. - The meteorite Agpalilik was found in Greenland in 1963
Waymark Code: WM1511A
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 09/24/2021
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I gården foran Statens Naturhistoriske Museum findes den imponerende meteorit Agpalilik, som blev fundet af den danske forsker Vagn Buchwald. Agpalilik er et brudstykke af den berømte jernmeteorit Cape York, som faldt i Baffin Bugten i Nordvestgrønland for mere end 2.000 år siden. Agpalilik vejer ca. 20 ton og er skåret over, så forskerne kunne studere dens struktur. Den står opstillet på den slæde, den blev transporteret på fra findested til kysten.
In the courtyard in front of the Statens Naturhistoriske Museum is the impressive meteorite Agpalilik, which was found by the Danish scientist Vagn Buchwald. Agpalilik is a fragment of the famous iron meteorite Cape York, which fell in Baffin Bay in northwest Greenland more than 2,000 years ago. Agpalilik weighs approx. 20 tons and is cut across so that the researchers could study its structure. It is mounted on the sledge on which it was transported from the site to the coast.
Type of Display: Geological
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