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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mongibello Mons
Clean Name Mongibello Mons
Feature ID 3966
Target Io
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.32 °
Southmost Latitude 19.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 65.07 °
Westmost Longitude 68.63 °
Diameter 183.37 km
Center Latitude 22.75 °
Center Longitude 66.95 °
Northmost Latitude 25.47 °
Southmost Latitude 19.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 65.03 °
Westmost Longitude 69.52 °
Diameter 214.57 km
Center Latitude 22.67 °
Center Longitude 67.05 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Europe
Culture Italy
Origin Name for Mt. Etna, site of Vulcan's forge in Dante's "The Inferno." Thunderbolts from here killed Capaneus, the great blasphemer.
Reference [156] - The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri: Mentor Books, New York, 1954.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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