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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cantoura
Clean Name Cantoura
Feature ID 1009
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.17 °
Southmost Latitude 14.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.73 °
Westmost Longitude 307.83 °
Diameter 51.59 km
Center Latitude 14.84 °
Center Longitude 308.28 °
Northmost Latitude 15.17 °
Southmost Latitude 14.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.27 °
Westmost Longitude 52.17 °
Diameter 51.59 km
Center Latitude 14.84 °
Center Longitude 51.72 °
Northmost Latitude 15.13 °
Southmost Latitude 14.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.70 °
Westmost Longitude 307.80 °
Diameter 51.40 km
Center Latitude 14.83 °
Center Longitude 308.20 °
Northmost Latitude 15.13 °
Southmost Latitude 14.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.30 °
Westmost Longitude 52.20 °
Diameter 51.40 km
Center Latitude 14.83 °
Center Longitude 51.80 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Venezuela
Origin Town in Venezuela.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 11, 2011 12:08 PM
Additional Information Double crater.

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