Dubrovnik
Seen to fall in 1951 in Croatia · 1.9 kg recovered · L3-6
Dubrovnik is the most recent of the four falls recorded in Croatia. It is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed L3-6.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 42.458° N, 18.442° E
The map is centred on Dubrovnik. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Dubrovnik is Guêa, 206 km to the north-east. Within 250 km lie four other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guêa | 1891 | Unclassified stone | 1.9 kg | 206 km north-east |
| 2 | Cacak | 1919 | Ordinary chondrite | 212 g | 217 km north-east |
| 3 | Zavid | 1897 | L6 | 95 kg | 223 km north |
| 4 | Jelica | 1889 | LL6 | 34 kg | 223 km north-east |
| 5 | Soko-Banja | 1877 | LL4 | 80 kg | 309 km north-east |
| 6 | Castrovillari | 1583 | Unclassified stone | 15 kg | 350 km south-west |
What L3-6 means
L3-6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 6.
Dubrovnik in Croatia’s record
By recovered mass Dubrovnik comes third of 4 there. The fall recorded before Dubrovnik in Croatia is Slavetic, in 1868.
The 1950s
Dubrovnik is one of 58 falls dated to the 1950s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1951, among them Elenovka in Ukraine, Manych in Russia, Kalaba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.