![A 1920 news picture showing a giant meteor (The Cape York meteorite)discovered by Commander Peary in Greenland.- Better known as Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary the American explorer and US Navy officer A 1920 news picture showing a giant meteor (The Cape York meteorite)discovered by Commander Peary in Greenland.- Better known as Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary the American explorer and US Navy officer](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/b365732d1d8c45c1a156bf3c5380ee89/pjbdex.jpg)
A 1920 news picture showing a giant meteor (The Cape York meteorite)discovered by Commander Peary in Greenland.- Better known as Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary the American explorer and US Navy officer
![Cape York meteorite. It is thought that this iron meteorite struck Cape York in Savissivik, Greenland, over 10,000 years ago. Made mostly of iron, nic Stock Photo - Alamy Cape York meteorite. It is thought that this iron meteorite struck Cape York in Savissivik, Greenland, over 10,000 years ago. Made mostly of iron, nic Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ACX9PP/cape-york-meteorite-it-is-thought-that-this-iron-meteorite-struck-cape-york-in-savissivik-greenland-over-10000-years-ago-made-mostly-of-iron-nic-2ACX9PP.jpg)
Cape York meteorite. It is thought that this iron meteorite struck Cape York in Savissivik, Greenland, over 10,000 years ago. Made mostly of iron, nic Stock Photo - Alamy
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CAPE YORK — PARTIAL SLICE OF A LEGENDARY METEORITE, Iron, medium octahedrite – IIIAB; Savissivik, Greenland | Christie's
![The Cape York meteorite: Making an impact on Greenland - The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies The Cape York meteorite: Making an impact on Greenland - The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies](https://jsis.washington.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Emily_Johnson_blogpost_photo-724x1024.jpg)