Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Sulcus, sulci: Damascus Sulcus on Enceladus

Damascus Sulcus

Feature Name Damascus Sulcus
Clean Name Damascus Sulcus
Feature ID 14252
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude -70.69 °
Southernmost Latitude -70.94 °
Easternmost Longitude 246.14 °
Westernmost Longitude 343.23 °
Diameter 125.00 km
Center Latitude -80.59 °
Center Longitude 285.87 °
Continent Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Arabian
Quad -
Reference [52] - Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard F. Burton: Larsen-Harper, Colo. Press, Denver, Colo., 1900.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Origin Home city of the merchant Ayyub, father of Ghanim and Fitnah in the "Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall O’ Love."
Last Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM
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