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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cartago
Clean Name Cartago
Feature ID 1034
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -22.96 °
Southmost Latitude -23.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 342.30 °
Westmost Longitude 341.60 °
Diameter 37.50 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 342.00 °
Northmost Latitude -22.96 °
Southmost Latitude -23.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.70 °
Westmost Longitude 18.40 °
Diameter 37.50 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 18.00 °
Northmost Latitude -22.94 °
Southmost Latitude -23.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 342.37 °
Westmost Longitude 341.70 °
Diameter 36.5704 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 342.03 °
Northmost Latitude -22.94 °
Southmost Latitude -23.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.63 °
Westmost Longitude 18.30 °
Diameter 36.5704 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 17.97 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Costa Rica
Origin Town in Costa Rica.
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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