Cranfield Peak Icefield
This bare ice area is situated along the eastern margin of the Marsh Glacier below the Cranfield Peak massif, about 20 kilometers north-northeast of the Main Sandford Cliffs Icefield. The 1:250000 scale U.S.G.S. Mount Rabot quadrangle covers the area (CRA78-Figure 1 - 62 KB JPEG).
During the 2003-2004 season an ANSMET field party conducted a reconnaissance survey of the Cranfield Peak icefield. Only one meteorite specimen was discovered. CRA78-Figure 2 (41 KB JPEG) is a portion of an ASTER satellite image of the Cranfield Peak icefield with the location of the one CRA specimen indicated.
The listing below, gives the data on the meteorite recovered from the Cranfield Peak Icefield.
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Listing of meteorites recovered from the Cranfield Peak Icefield - 2003 collection. METEORITE NAME CLASSIFICATION WEIGHT(g) NEWSLETTER -------------------------------------------------- CRA 03540 L3 CHONDRITE 151.9 29(2) |
 CRA 03540 - UNCLASSIFIED (Photo:ANSMET) |
Acknowledgments; The 2003-2004 ANSMET field team consisted of Nancy Chabot, Monika Kress, Gordon Osinski, and John Schutt.
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