1. An area on Earth where tektites of a similar age and presumably common origin are found. The largest strewn field covers the whole of southern Australia and Tasmania (the australites). Other major strewn fields are found in the Czech Republic (the moldavites), Africa (the Libyan Desert glass and Ivory Coast tektites), the USA (the bediasites, georgiaites, and Martha’s Vineyard tektites), across Southeast Asia (the billitonites, indochinites, malaysianites, and philippinites), and in central Russia (the irghizites).

2. The area over which pieces of a fragmented meteorite are scattered, also known as a scatter ellipse.