(5803) Ötzi

Reference work entry

1984 OA. Discovered 1984 July 21 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.

Ötzi, or Iceman, is a popular name for a prehistoric man of the late Stone Age. His mummified body was found on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border in 1991. (M 40701)

The name was proposed by M. Tichý.

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag 2003

Personalised recommendations