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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kankossa
Clean Name Kankossa
Feature ID 15568
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -11.69 °
Southmost Latitude -11.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 304.60 °
Westmost Longitude 304.31 °
Diameter 16.50 km
Center Latitude -11.83 °
Center Longitude 304.46 °
Northmost Latitude -11.69 °
Southmost Latitude -11.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.40 °
Westmost Longitude 55.69 °
Diameter 16.50 km
Center Latitude -11.83 °
Center Longitude 55.54 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 03, 2017
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Mauritania
Origin Town in Mauritania.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Apr 03, 2017 9:09 AM

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