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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tile
Clean Name Tile
Feature ID 6005
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.80 °
Southmost Latitude 17.65 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.45 °
Westmost Longitude 331.30 °
Diameter 8.47 km
Center Latitude 17.73 °
Center Longitude 331.38 °
Northmost Latitude 17.80 °
Southmost Latitude 17.65 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.55 °
Westmost Longitude 28.70 °
Diameter 8.47 km
Center Latitude 17.73 °
Center Longitude 28.62 °
Northmost Latitude 17.80 °
Southmost Latitude 17.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.40 °
Westmost Longitude 331.20 °
Diameter 7.40 km
Center Latitude 17.70 °
Center Longitude 331.30 °
Northmost Latitude 17.80 °
Southmost Latitude 17.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.60 °
Westmost Longitude 28.80 °
Diameter 7.40 km
Center Latitude 17.70 °
Center Longitude 28.70 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Culture Somalia
Origin Town in Somalia.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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