Dyarrl Island
Seen to fall in 1933 in Papua New Guinea · 188 g recovered · Mesosiderite-A1
Dyarrl Island is one of 11 stony-iron meteorites among the observed falls. It has no other recorded fall within 710 km; only 13 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Recorded position
- 3.000° S, 151.000° E
The map is centred on Dyarrl Island. Rings every 1,000 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Dyarrl Island is Ijopega, 710 km to the south-west. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Dyarrl Island.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ijopega | 1975 | H6 | 7.3 kg | 710 km south-west |
| 2 | Rockhampton | 1895 | Unclassified stone | 1.6 kg | 2,267 km south |
| 3 | Nassirah | 1936 | H4 | 347 g | 2,633 km south-east |
| 4 | Tenham | 1879 | L6 | 160 kg | 2,670 km south |
| 5 | Emmaville | 1900 | Eucrite-mmict | 127 g | 2,944 km south |
| 6 | Mount Browne | 1902 | H6 | 11 kg | 3,137 km south |
What Mesosiderite-A1 means
Mesosiderite-A1 is the label for a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments. Dyarrl Island has the smallest recovered mass of the 3 Mesosiderite-A1 falls. The nearest other Mesosiderite-A1 fall is Patwar in Bangladesh, 7,097 km away. In date order among Mesosiderite-A1 falls, the one before Dyarrl Island is Barea (1842, Spain) and the one after is Patwar (1935, Bangladesh).
Dyarrl Island in Papua New Guinea’s record
Papua New Guinea has one other recorded fall: Ijopega, in 1975.
The 1930s
Dyarrl Island is one of 88 falls dated to the 1930s. Elsewhere, the record lists 16 other falls in 1933, among them Pervomaisky in Russia, Zemaitkiemis in Lithuania, Chajari in Argentina.