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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alamos
Clean Name Alamos
Feature ID 14183
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.54 °
Southmost Latitude 23.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 322.93 °
Westmost Longitude 322.82 °
Diameter 6.44 km
Center Latitude 23.48 °
Center Longitude 322.88 °
Northmost Latitude 23.54 °
Southmost Latitude 23.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 37.07 °
Westmost Longitude 37.18 °
Diameter 6.44 km
Center Latitude 23.48 °
Center Longitude 37.12 °
Northmost Latitude 23.27 °
Southmost Latitude 23.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 322.86 °
Westmost Longitude 322.73 °
Diameter 6.30 km
Center Latitude 23.23 °
Center Longitude 322.79 °
Northmost Latitude 23.27 °
Southmost Latitude 23.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 37.14 °
Westmost Longitude 37.27 °
Diameter 6.30 km
Center Latitude 23.23 °
Center Longitude 37.21 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 14, 2006
Continent North America
Ethnicity Mexico
Origin Town in Mexico.
Reference [179] - Reader's Digest Wide World Atlas: Reader's Digest Association, New York, 1979.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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