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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Daura Chasma
Clean Name Daura Chasma
Feature ID 1425
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude 63.30 °
Westmost Longitude 44.40 °
Diameter 729.00 km
Center Latitude 73.80 °
Center Longitude 53.80 °
Quad v02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Africa
Culture Sudan
Origin Hausa (W. Sudan) great huntress.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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