Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Colón
Clean Name Colon
Feature ID 1275
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.76 °
Southmost Latitude 22.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.95 °
Westmost Longitude 312.92 °
Diameter 1.36 km
Center Latitude 22.75 °
Center Longitude 312.93 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Panama
Origin Port of Panama.
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
Additional Information Spelling changed from Colōn to Colón March 9, 2009.

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