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See Promontorium, promontoria in the descriptor terms page for additional information.
Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
Longitude Range: -180° to 180°
| Tools | Name |
CLAT |
CLON |
DIAM |
AS |
Origin |
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14.0 | 66.0 | 70.0 | 5 | Named from cape in Sea of Azov. | |
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42.0 | 1.8 | 20.0 | 5 | Jean Louis Rodolphe; Swiss zoologist, geologist (1807-1873). | |
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16.7 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 5 | Named from cape on the Black Sea. | |
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43.2 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 5 | Sainte-Claire Charles; French geologist (1814-1876). | |
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29.0 | 4.7 | 20.0 | 5 | Augustin Jean; French optician (1788-1827). | |
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40.3 | -33.2 | 50.0 | 5 | Ponticus; Greek astronomer (c. 388-310 B.C.). | |
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-27.0 | -33.0 | 50.0 | 5 | William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Scottish natural philosopher (1824-1907). | |
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46.0 | -25.8 | 50.0 | 5 | Pierre Simon; French mathematician, astronomer (1749-1827). | |
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-19.0 | -8.0 | 70.0 | 5 | Named from cape in Greece; now Matapan or Tainaron. |