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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Charleston
Clean Name Charleston
Feature ID 1152
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.64 °
Southmost Latitude 22.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.22 °
Westmost Longitude 312.19 °
Diameter 1.96 km
Center Latitude 22.63 °
Center Longitude 312.20 °
Northmost Latitude 22.64 °
Southmost Latitude 22.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.78 °
Westmost Longitude 47.81 °
Diameter 1.96 km
Center Latitude 22.63 °
Center Longitude 47.80 °
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.10 °
Westmost Longitude 312.10 °
Diameter 1.50 km
Center Latitude 22.66 °
Center Longitude 312.10 °
Northmost Latitude 22.66 °
Southmost Latitude 22.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.90 °
Westmost Longitude 47.90 °
Diameter 1.50 km
Center Latitude 22.66 °
Center Longitude 47.90 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin American colonial town (South Carolina).
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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