ANTARCTIC METEORITE LOCATION AND MAPPING PROJECT (AMLAMP)
EXPLANATORY TEXT

The Thiel Mountains - Patuxent Range region of meteorite sites is easternmost of the defined regions of ANSMET discovered stranding sites. TIL-PAT-Figure 1 - (27 KB JPEG) is a MODIS satellite image (Courtesy of Ted Scambos) of the Pecora-Lapaz-Patuxent Range area. The region extend across 450 kilometers of the Tranantarctic Mountains. The Thiel Mountains are a sizable, yet isolated group of nunataks at the western extreme of the region. Meteorites have been found in small numbers on some of the icefields there. Approximately 150 kilometers eastward is another isolated series of nunataks at the Pecora Escarpment. Large numbers of meteorites have been recovered from the Pecora Escarpment icefields. In the Patuxent Range, 125 kilometers to the east, a few dozen meteorite specimens have been collected. A significant number of finds have resulted from reconnaissance and systematic searching at the Lapaz Icefield. A single find was produced from the Stewart Hills.

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