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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cilaos
Clean Name Cilaos
Feature ID 15498
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -35.52 °
Southmost Latitude -35.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 129.67 °
Westmost Longitude 129.23 °
Diameter 21.40 km
Center Latitude -35.71 °
Center Longitude 129.48 °
Northmost Latitude -35.52 °
Southmost Latitude -35.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 230.33 °
Westmost Longitude 230.77 °
Diameter 21.40 km
Center Latitude -35.71 °
Center Longitude 230.52 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 15, 2016
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Reunion Island
Origin Town on Réunion Island.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Aug 16, 2016 1:27 PM

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