ANTARCTIC METEORITE LOCATION AND MAPPING PROJECT (AMLAMP)
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The icefields at Mt. Wisting (86º27'S 165º26'W) are at the extreme western end of the Wisconsin Range - Scott Glacier region of meteorite sites. Mt. Prestrud, where meteorites were also found, lies 20 kilometers to the east (PRE33-WSG34-Figure 1- 76 KB JPEG). Mt. Wisting and Mt. Prestrud are situated at the confluence of the Amundsen Glacier and the Devil's Glacier. The Norway Glacier bisects the Mt. Wisting and Mt. Prestrud nunataks as it flows towards the Amundsen Glacier. Some ice is exposed south of the nunatak where ice flows toward the Norway Glacier. But the more extensive icefield lies to the west where the ice flows into the Devils Glacier and around Mt. Wisting. PRE33-WSG34-Figure 2 (33 KB JPEG) an oblique air photo looking northward over the Mt. Wisting and Mt. Prestrud area.

An ANSMET reconnaissance team searched for meteorites on the icefields to the south and west of Mt Wisting during the 1995-1996 field season. A total of 9 meteorite specimens were found widely scattered over the bare ice west of Mt. Wisting. PRE33-WSG34-Figure 3(82 KB JPEG) shows the approximate locations of meteorites found at Mt. Wisting.

WSG34-Table 1 is a tabulation of meteorite types from the area.

Acknowledgments; ANSMET field party members during the 1995-1996 season included Ralph Harvey, Pascal Lee, Anders Meibom, and John Schutt.

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