| 词条 | Meteorite Island |
| 释义 |
| name = Meteorite Island | native_name = Savigsivik {{native name|da|Meteorit Ø}} | native_name_link = Greenlandic language | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = Greenland | map_caption = | archipelago = | location = Baffin Bay, Greenland | coordinates = {{coord|76.0197|N|65.1149|W|display=inline,title}} | length_km = | width_km = | area_km2 = | area_footnotes = | coastline_km = | coastline_footnotes = | country = Greenland | country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality | country_admin_divisions = Qaasuitsup | population = uninhabited }}Meteorite Island ({{lang-da|Meteorit Ø}}) is an island in Baffin Bay, in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off NW Greenland.[1] The Cape York Meteorite fell thousands of years ago on the southern shore of this island.[2] GeographyMeteorite Island is quite barren and desolate. It lies off the shore of Meteor Bay and is part of a small chain of coastal islands formed by Meteorite Island, Salve Island, George Island, Bushnan Island and a small islet, being the largest of the group. This chain of islands is located between Cape York and Cape Melville.[3] The Inuit village of Savissivik is located at the southwestern end of Meteorite Island.[4] The settlement has a heliport, Savissivik Heliport and in 2010 it had 66 inhabitants.[5] In the Greenlandic language, the name of the settlement Savissivik means 'place of meteorite iron' (savik = iron/knife),[6] alluding to the numerous meteorites from 10,000 years ago that have been found in the area.[7] The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 100 tonnes before it exploded.[7] The iron from the meteorite attracted migrating Inuit from Arctic Canada.[7] {{col-float}}{{col-float-break}}{{Location map|Greenland Thule |label= |lon_dir=W |lat_dir=N |lat_deg=75|lat_min=58 |lon_deg=65|lon_min=2 |position=right |width=250 |float=none |mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg |marksize=20 |caption=Location of Meteorite Island }}{{col-float-end}} See also
References1. ^Hakluyt Island, Greenland 2. ^The cultural history of the Innaanganeq meteorite 3. ^[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_B-8,_3rd_edition.jpg 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition] 4. ^Mapcarta - Savissivik 5. ^Statistics Greenland {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812052835/http://bank2.stat.gl/ |date=2011-08-12 }} {{da icon}} 6. ^quarkexpeditions.com{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite journal |journal=Suluk |year=2010 |volume=4 |publisher=Air Greenland |title=Lured by iron meteorite |pages=6}} External links
2 : Islands of Greenland|Qaasuitsup |
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