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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Caucasus Mons
Clean Name Caucasus Mons
Feature ID 1080
Target Io
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -30.09 °
Southmost Latitude -34.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 236.28 °
Westmost Longitude 240.78 °
Diameter 146.60 km
Center Latitude -31.95 °
Center Longitude 238.48 °
Northmost Latitude -30.21 °
Southmost Latitude -34.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 236.32 °
Westmost Longitude 240.50 °
Diameter 152.44 km
Center Latitude -32.38 °
Center Longitude 238.57 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin Io passed by these mountains while trying to escape from the gadfly.
Reference [27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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