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The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette [3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4] [5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world.
The Willamette Meteorite is culturally significant to Clackamas people. The meteorite is called Tomanowos, which translates to "the visitor of heaven". The meteorite was believed to be given from the Sky People and is the unity between sky, earth, and water. Other tribes around the area thought that the meteorite possessed magical powers. [3]
This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) is a federally recognized tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau.They consist of at least 27 Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the western boundary of the Oregon Coast and the eastern boundary of the Cascade Range, and the northern boundary of southwestern ...
Map of Clackamas County. ... In 1902, the Willamette Meteorite was recovered from a field near present-day West Linn. Geography. Forest west of Clackamas River Valley.
The Mary S. Young State Recreation Area, located between Oregon Route 43 and the Willamette River, featuring a large off leash dog area, soccer fields and 5–8 miles worth of trails is located in West Linn. West Linn is located in the area where the Willamette Meteorite was placed by the Missoula Floods.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Willamette Meteorite This page was last edited on 13 March 2024, at 09:33 (UTC). Text ...
A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. ... Willamette – The largest meteorite ever found in the ...