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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chinook
Clean Name Chinook
Feature ID 1186
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 304.60 °
Westmost Longitude 304.30 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 304.50 °
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.40 °
Westmost Longitude 55.70 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 55.50 °
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 304.70 °
Westmost Longitude 304.37 °
Diameter 18.10 km
Center Latitude 22.50 °
Center Longitude 304.54 °
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.30 °
Westmost Longitude 55.63 °
Diameter 18.10 km
Center Latitude 22.50 °
Center Longitude 55.46 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Culture Canada
Origin Town in Alberta, Canada.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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