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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dukhan
Clean Name Dukhan
Feature ID 15067
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.04 °
Southmost Latitude 7.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 321.15 °
Westmost Longitude 320.57 °
Diameter 34.04 km
Center Latitude 7.76 °
Center Longitude 320.86 °
Northmost Latitude 8.04 °
Southmost Latitude 7.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.85 °
Westmost Longitude 39.43 °
Diameter 34.04 km
Center Latitude 7.76 °
Center Longitude 39.14 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 26, 2012
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Qatar
Origin Town in Qatar.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 26, 2012 8:33 AM

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