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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Grindavik
Clean Name Grindavik
Feature ID 14190
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.50 °
Southmost Latitude 25.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 321.12 °
Westmost Longitude 320.90 °
Diameter 11.71 km
Center Latitude 25.40 °
Center Longitude 321.01 °
Northmost Latitude 25.50 °
Southmost Latitude 25.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.88 °
Westmost Longitude 39.10 °
Diameter 11.71 km
Center Latitude 25.40 °
Center Longitude 38.99 °
Northmost Latitude 25.24 °
Southmost Latitude 25.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 321.04 °
Westmost Longitude 320.82 °
Diameter 12.00 km
Center Latitude 25.13 °
Center Longitude 320.93 °
Northmost Latitude 25.24 °
Southmost Latitude 25.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.96 °
Westmost Longitude 39.18 °
Diameter 12.00 km
Center Latitude 25.13 °
Center Longitude 39.07 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 14, 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Iceland
Origin Town in Iceland.
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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