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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tavua
Clean Name Tavua
Feature ID 14336
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.89 °
Southmost Latitude 15.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 117.89 °
Westmost Longitude 117.34 °
Diameter 31.56 km
Center Latitude 15.62 °
Center Longitude 117.61 °
Northmost Latitude 15.89 °
Southmost Latitude 15.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.11 °
Westmost Longitude 242.66 °
Diameter 31.56 km
Center Latitude 15.62 °
Center Longitude 242.39 °
Northmost Latitude 15.71 °
Southmost Latitude 15.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 117.81 °
Westmost Longitude 117.26 °
Diameter 32.30 km
Center Latitude 15.45 °
Center Longitude 117.52 °
Northmost Latitude 15.71 °
Southmost Latitude 15.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.19 °
Westmost Longitude 242.74 °
Diameter 32.30 km
Center Latitude 15.45 °
Center Longitude 242.48 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 26, 2008
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Fiji
Origin Town in Fiji.
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

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