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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nāwahī
Clean Name Nawahi
Feature ID 14515
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 36.10 °
Southmost Latitude 36.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 214.90 °
Westmost Longitude 214.90 °
Diameter 34.00 km
Center Latitude 36.10 °
Center Longitude 214.90 °
Northmost Latitude 36.36 °
Southmost Latitude 35.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 214.11 °
Westmost Longitude 215.20 °
Diameter 37.80 km
Center Latitude 35.91 °
Center Longitude 214.66 °
Northmost Latitude 36.34 °
Southmost Latitude 35.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 214.18 °
Westmost Longitude 215.30 °
Diameter 38.00 km
Center Latitude 35.88 °
Center Longitude 214.74 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 20, 2008
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Hawaii
Origin Joseph Nawahi; Native Hawaiian painter (1842-1896).
Reference [215] - The biography of Joseph K. Nāwahī, by J. Sheldon and P. Nogelmeier: Hawaiian Historical Society, Honolulu, 1988.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 11:56 AM
Additional Information Spelling changed from Nawahi April 8, 2013.

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