Oum Dreyga
Seen to fall in 2003 in Western Sahara · 17 kg recovered · H3-5
Oum Dreyga is the only observed fall recorded in Western Sahara. It is the heaviest of the five H3-5 falls.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 24.300° N, 13.100° W
The map is centred on Oum Dreyga. Rings every 250 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Oum Dreyga is Itqiy, 255 km to the north. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Oum Dreyga.
What H3-5 means
H3-5 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, a breccia or mix spanning petrologic types 3 to 5. The nearest other H3-5 fall is Luponnas in France, 2,924 km away. In date order among H3-5 falls, the one before Oum Dreyga is Fermo (1996, Italy) and the one after is Didim (2007, Turkey).
The 2000s
Oum Dreyga is one of 58 falls dated to the 2000s. Elsewhere, the record lists eight other falls in 2003, among them New Orleans in the United States, Park Forest in the United States, Kasauli in India.