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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sacajawea Patera
Clean Name Sacajawea Patera
Feature ID 5264
Target Venus
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 64.70 °
Southmost Latitude 64.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.00 °
Westmost Longitude 332.50 °
Diameter 233.00 km
Center Latitude 64.30 °
Center Longitude 335.40 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent North America
Culture Dakota
Origin Shoshoni Indian woman who served as an interpreter for the Lewis & Clark expedition to the Pacific Northwest (1786-1812).
Reference [99] - Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland: F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).
Updated Aug 27, 2014 10:46 AM
Additional Information Changed from Sacajawea as crater name.

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