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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sveinsdóttir
Clean Name Sveinsdottir
Feature ID 14389
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.74 °
Southmost Latitude -4.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.67 °
Westmost Longitude 262.20 °
Diameter 220.00 km
Center Latitude -2.58 °
Center Longitude 259.96 °
Northmost Latitude -0.87 °
Southmost Latitude -4.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.56 °
Westmost Longitude 261.86 °
Diameter 212.80 km
Center Latitude -2.81 °
Center Longitude 259.71 °
Northmost Latitude -0.89 °
Southmost Latitude -4.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.53 °
Westmost Longitude 261.84 °
Diameter 212.79 km
Center Latitude -2.83 °
Center Longitude 259.68 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 08, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Iceland
Origin Júlíana; Icelandic painter and textile artist (1889-1966).
Reference [210] - Dictionary of Women Artists, edited by Delia Gaze: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago/London, 1997.
Updated Mar 07, 2011 10:53 AM

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