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Cape York Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (931 words)
	Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia.
	Cape York 10°41′S 142°32′E is at the tip of the peninsula and is the northernmost point on the Australian continent.
	The climate on Cape York Peninsula is tropical and monsoonal, with a wet season extending from November to April and a dry season from May to October.

Cape York meteorite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (389 words)
	The Cape York meteorite, which collided with Earth nearly 10,000 years ago, is named for Cape York, the location of its discovery in Greenland, and is one of the largest meteorites in the world.
	It was primarily made up of iron and nickel metals and weighs approximately 30.875 t, and was one of several other masses in its fall.
	In 1963, the fourth major piece of the Cape York meteorite was discovered by Vagn F. Buchwald near Agpalilik.

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