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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Batoka
Clean Name Batoka
Feature ID 637
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.41 °
Southmost Latitude -7.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 323.40 °
Westmost Longitude 323.10 °
Diameter 15.50 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 323.20 °
Northmost Latitude -7.41 °
Southmost Latitude -7.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.60 °
Westmost Longitude 36.90 °
Diameter 15.50 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 36.80 °
Northmost Latitude -7.43 °
Southmost Latitude -7.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 323.47 °
Westmost Longitude 323.22 °
Diameter 14.96 km
Center Latitude -7.55 °
Center Longitude 323.35 °
Northmost Latitude -7.43 °
Southmost Latitude -7.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.53 °
Westmost Longitude 36.78 °
Diameter 14.96 km
Center Latitude -7.55 °
Center Longitude 36.65 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Culture Zambia
Origin Town in Zambia.
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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