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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nanichi
Clean Name Nanichi
Feature ID 4140
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -44.80 °
Southmost Latitude -44.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 337.80 °
Westmost Longitude 337.80 °
Diameter 19.00 km
Center Latitude -44.80 °
Center Longitude 337.80 °
Quad v55 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent North America
Ethnicity Puerto Rico
Origin Taino (Puerto Rico) first name.
Reference [163] - Email message from Cacique Pedro Guanikeyu Torres, Principal Tribal Chief and Elder of the Jatibonicu' Taino Tribe of Puerto Rico (NJ-USA Taino Tribal Affairs Office, Vineland, NJ) of the Jatibonicu' Taino Tribal Nation of Boriken to J. Blue, October, 1999.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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