N'Kandhla
Seen to fall in 1912 in South Africa · 17 kg recovered · Iron, IID
N'Kandhla is the second-heaviest of the 18 falls recorded in South Africa. It is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 28.567° S, 30.700° E
The map is centred on N'Kandhla. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to N'Kandhla is Macibini, 125 km to the east. Within 250 km lie two other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macibini | 1936 | Eucrite-pmict | 2 kg | 125 km east |
| 2 | Dwaleni | 1970 | H4-6 | 3.2 kg | 164 km north |
| 3 | Queen's Mercy | 1925 | H6 | 7 kg | 259 km south-west |
| 4 | Witklip Farm | 1918 | H5 | 22 g | 294 km north |
| 5 | Thuathe | 2002 | H4/5 | 45 kg | 315 km west |
| 6 | Cronstad | 1877 | H5 | 3.6 kg | 347 km west |
What Iron, IID means
Iron, IID is the label for an iron meteorite of chemical group IID, defined by its nickel and trace-element content. N'Kandhla has the smallest recovered mass of the 3 Iron, IID falls. The nearest other Iron, IID fall is Hraschina in Croatia, 8,428 km away. In date order among Iron, IID falls, the one before N'Kandhla is Hraschina (1751, Croatia).
N'Kandhla in South Africa’s record
In date order N'Kandhla is number 9 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 18 falls recorded in South Africa, which run from 1838 to 1973. The fall recorded before N'Kandhla in South Africa is Leeuwfontein (1912); the next is Witklip Farm (1918).
The 1910s
N'Kandhla is one of 65 falls dated to the 1910s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1912: Holbrook in the United States, Shupiyan in India.