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Mount Pratt
Mt. Pratt (85º 19'S 176º 30' E) is a small set of nunataks situated at the head of the Mill Stream Glacier and 30 kilometers east of the Otway Massif. Figure PRA67-1 (194 KB JPEG) is an enlarged portion of the Plunket Point U.S.G.S. map showing the Mount Pratt area. Figure PRA67-2 (206 KB JPEG) is a high altitude aerial view of the locale from the north. A low altitude aerial shot from the northeast is given in Figure PRA67-3 (98 KB JPEG) (Photo courtesy of Monika Kress). The most extensive bare ice is present below the nunataks.
During the 2004-2005 Antarctic season an ANSMET field team conducted reconnaissance searches of the ice patches around Mt. Pratt. Two days were spent in the area. A total of 23 meteorite specimens were recovered. Most of the meteorites were found on bare ice below the nunataks, often where abundant terrestrial rocks littered the surface.
PRA67-Table 1 gives the types of meteorites found at the Mt. Pratt icefields.
Acknowledgments; The 2004-2005 ANSMET team members were Cari Corrigan, Yulia Goreva, Dave Mittelfehldt, and John Schutt.
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