ANTARCTIC METEORITE LOCATION AND MAPPING PROJECT (AMLAMP)
EXPLANATORY TEXT

Purgatory Peak (76°21'S 162°18'E) is situated near the eastern end of Victoria Valley. A single iron meteorite specimen was discovered by Steve Kite while traversing the slopes along the southern flank of Purgatory Peak. It was found in moraine about 600 meters from the Lower Victoria Glacier (Cassidy, 1978).

The specimen recovered from Purgatory Peak is given in the listing below.

Acknowledgments; Steve Kite contributed the Purgatory Peak meteorite specimen to the Antarctic meteorite collection.

Listing of meteorites from Purgatory Peak - 1977 collection.

METEORITE                   WEIGHT
  NAME      CLASSIFICATION    (g)  
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PGP 77006    IRON-IAB      19068.0    

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