Wolf Creek
A find, recorded in 1947 in Australia · 760 kg recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Wolf Creek ranks 59th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Only five observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 19.300° S, 127.767° E
Rings every 1,000 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Millbillillie, 1,098 km to the south-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1960). In 1947, the year Wolf Creek entered the record, six meteorites were seen to fall: Sikhote-Alin in Russia, Reliegos in Spain, Eagle in the United States and three others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millbillillie | 1960 | Eucrite-mmict | 330 kg | 1,098 km south-west |
| 2 | Wiluna | 1967 | H5 | 150 kg | 1,112 km south-west |
| 3 | Bunburra Rockhole | 2007 | Eucrite | 324 g | 1,347 km south |
| 4 | Woolgorong | 1960 | L6 | 36 kg | 1,536 km south-west |
| 5 | Tenham | 1879 | L6 | 160 kg | 1,714 km south-east |
Wolf Creek among other finds
In the record, 256 finds carry the label Iron, IIIAB, against 10 observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIIAB) is Nyaung, 5,750 km away in Myanmar, one of 11 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Henbury lies closest: 808 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Sardis (800 kg) and Esquel (755 kg).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Murnpeowie | Iron, IC | 1909 | 1.1 tonnes |
| 7 | Wolf Creek | Iron, IIIAB | 1947 | 760 kg |
| 8 | Gladstone (iron) | Iron, IAB-MG | 1915 | 737 kg |