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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Carthage Fossae

Basic Info

Feature Name Carthage Fossae
Clean Name Carthage Fossae
Feature ID 14385
Target Dione
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.00 °
Southmost Latitude 6.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 500.00 km
Center Latitude 11.93 °
Center Longitude 336.75 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin A Punic (Phoenician) city in North Africa.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated May 28, 2008 1:38 PM
Additional Information Name changed from Carthage Linea 3/17/2008.

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