Mundrabilla
A find, recorded in 1911 in Australia · 24 tonnes recovered · Iron, IAB-ung
Mundrabilla ranks eighth by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). No other find recorded in Australia is heavier; 618 finds there have complete records. Mundrabilla outweighs every observed fall: the heaviest, Sikhote-Alin, recovered 23 tonnes.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 30.783° S, 127.550° E
Rings every 500 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Bunburra Rockhole, 168 km to the east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (2007). In 1911, the year Mundrabilla entered the record, five meteorites were seen to fall: Demina in Russia, Nakhla in Egypt, Kilbourn in the United States and two others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunburra Rockhole | 2007 | Eucrite | 324 g | 168 km east |
| 2 | Wiluna | 1967 | H5 | 150 kg | 844 km north-west |
| 3 | Millbillillie | 1960 | Eucrite-mmict | 330 kg | 850 km north-west |
| 4 | Binningup | 1984 | H5 | 488 g | 1,150 km west |
| 5 | Woolgorong | 1960 | L6 | 36 kg | 1,185 km west |
Mundrabilla among other finds
In the record, 38 finds carry the label Iron, IAB-ung, against three observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IAB) is Muzaffarpur, 7,746 km away in India, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Henbury lies closest: 885 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Chupaderos (24 tonnes) and Bacubirito (22 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mundrabilla | Iron, IAB-ung | 1911 | 24 tonnes |
| 2 | Cranbourne | Iron, IAB-MG | 1854 | 8.6 tonnes |