[meteorite-list] Lake Titicaca meteorite - The highest witnessed fall in history

Jeff Grossman jgrossman at usgs.gov
Wed Oct 3 20:17:30 EDT 2007


Just a second...

Tulung Dzong fell March 26, 1944, in Tibet.  According to MetBase, 
the coordinates are not known exactly, but the reported location is 
over 4000 m, about 20 km from any ground as low as 3843 m.  This 
unclassified stone is held by the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.

Jeff

At 07:14 PM 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>Woud these be a true statements?
>
>The only meteorite to fall in an area of one of the natural wonders of
>the world.
>
>The only meteorite fall know to make people ill
>
>The highest witnessed fall in history at 3,843 msl.
>
>Dr. Richard Daniels
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
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