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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Vaupas Chasma

Basic Info

Feature Name Vaupas Chasma
Clean Name Vaupas Chasma
Feature ID 14760
Target Rhea
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -24.00 °
Southmost Latitude -42.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 254.00 °
Westmost Longitude 266.00 °
Diameter 280.00 km
Center Latitude -35.00 °
Center Longitude 260.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 06, 2010
Continent South and Central America
Culture Colombia
Origin River in Cuebo (Columbia) myths, where the Cuebo people were born.
Reference [236] - Dictionary of Creation Myths, by David Adams Leeming and Margaret Adams Leeming: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
Updated Aug 06, 2010 8:50 AM

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