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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name March
Clean Name March
Feature ID 3656
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 31.10 °
Southmost Latitude 31.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.60 °
Westmost Longitude 176.50 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude 31.10 °
Center Longitude 175.50 °
Northmost Latitude 31.90 °
Southmost Latitude 29.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.08 °
Westmost Longitude 177.35 °
Diameter 83.28 km
Center Latitude 30.92 °
Center Longitude 176.22 °
Northmost Latitude 31.85 °
Southmost Latitude 30.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.25 °
Westmost Longitude 177.35 °
Diameter 83.00 km
Center Latitude 30.95 °
Center Longitude 176.30 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Culture Spain
Origin Ausias; Spanish poet, first major poet to write in Catalan (1397-1459).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:09 PM

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