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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hurley
Clean Name Hurley
Feature ID 15100
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -86.53 °
Southmost Latitude -88.19 °
Eastmost Longitude -11.35 °
Westmost Longitude 25.33 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude -87.36 °
Center Longitude 6.99 °
Northmost Latitude -87.30 °
Southmost Latitude -87.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.40 °
Westmost Longitude 6.40 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude -87.30 °
Center Longitude 6.40 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 15, 2013
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Australia
Origin James Francis “Frank”; Australian photographer (1885-1962).
Reference [291] - Frank Hurley’s Antarctica, by Helen Ennis: National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2012.
Updated Mar 15, 2013 7:34 AM

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