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2 unusual facts about Landslip Hill


Landslip Hill

However, James Goff, Keri Hulme and Bruce McFadgen, after considering the arguments put forward by Steel and others, find 'no evidence, either Maori or geological, for a 15th-century meteor impact in New Zealand'.

Verschuur claims that Otarehua is a placename near Tapanui and that it refers to the Māori name for Antares, and that this may be an indication that the bolide impact happened in the June Taurid meteor stream.



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