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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Istok
Clean Name Istok
Feature ID 15240
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -45.06 °
Southmost Latitude -45.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 274.24 °
Westmost Longitude 274.13 °
Diameter 4.82 km
Center Latitude -45.10 °
Center Longitude 274.18 °
Northmost Latitude -45.06 °
Southmost Latitude -45.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 85.76 °
Westmost Longitude 85.87 °
Diameter 4.82 km
Center Latitude -45.10 °
Center Longitude 85.82 °
Quad mc25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 30, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Kosovo
Origin Town in Kosovo.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Apr 30, 2014 10:45 AM

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