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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chimbote
Clean Name Chimbote
Feature ID 1181
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.89 °
Southmost Latitude -1.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 320.80 °
Westmost Longitude 319.70 °
Diameter 67.20 km
Center Latitude -1.48 °
Center Longitude 320.20 °
Northmost Latitude -0.89 °
Southmost Latitude -1.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.20 °
Westmost Longitude 40.30 °
Diameter 67.20 km
Center Latitude -1.48 °
Center Longitude 39.80 °
Northmost Latitude -0.89 °
Southmost Latitude -1.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 320.85 °
Westmost Longitude 319.79 °
Diameter 62.8607 km
Center Latitude -1.42 °
Center Longitude 320.32 °
Northmost Latitude -0.89 °
Southmost Latitude -1.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.15 °
Westmost Longitude 40.21 °
Diameter 62.8607 km
Center Latitude -1.42 °
Center Longitude 39.68 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

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