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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Balboa
Clean Name Balboa
Feature ID 571
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.66 °
Southmost Latitude -3.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.20 °
Westmost Longitude 325.80 °
Diameter 23.30 km
Center Latitude -3.85 °
Center Longitude 326.00 °
Northmost Latitude -3.66 °
Southmost Latitude -3.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.80 °
Westmost Longitude 34.20 °
Diameter 23.30 km
Center Latitude -3.85 °
Center Longitude 34.00 °
Northmost Latitude -3.64 °
Southmost Latitude -4.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.31 °
Westmost Longitude 325.94 °
Diameter 21.95 km
Center Latitude -3.82 °
Center Longitude 326.12 °
Northmost Latitude -3.64 °
Southmost Latitude -4.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.69 °
Westmost Longitude 34.06 °
Diameter 21.95 km
Center Latitude -3.82 °
Center Longitude 33.88 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent South and Central America
Culture Panama
Origin Town in the Republic of Panama, formerly within the US Panama Canal Zone.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Jan 14, 2014 9:32 AM

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