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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Kankossa on Mars

Kankossa

Feature Name	Kankossa
Clean Name	Kankossa
Feature ID	15568
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	MDIM 2.1
Northernmost Latitude	-11.69 °
Southernmost Latitude	-11.98 °
Easternmost Longitude	304.60 °
Westernmost Longitude	304.31 °
Diameter	16.50 km
Center Latitude	-11.83 °
Center Longitude	304.46 °
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Northernmost Latitude	-11.69 °
Southernmost Latitude	-11.98 °
Easternmost Longitude	55.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	55.69 °
Diameter	16.50 km
Center Latitude	-11.83 °
Center Longitude	55.54 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((304.4481121626896 -11.9800298509142, 304.4257311923394 -11.976526905663, 304.4041802973681 -11.96960726929829, 304.3839901323333 -11.95944132623233, 304.3656578461056 -11.94627939572223, 304.3496348404123 -11.9304455681791, 304.336315654832 -11.91232972498651, 304.3260282519174 -11.89237793832689, 304.3190259416696 -11.87108148740399, 304.3154811442071 -11.8489647615184, 304.3154811442071 -11.82657234786263, 304.3190259416696 -11.80445562197704, 304.3260282519174 -11.78315917105414, 304.336315654832 -11.76320738439452, 304.3496348404123 -11.74509154120193, 304.3656578461056 -11.72925771365879, 304.3839901323333 -11.7160957831487, 304.4041802973681 -11.70592984008274, 304.4257311923394 -11.69901020371803, 304.4481121626896 -11.69550725846683, 304.4707721146503 -11.69550725846683, 304.4931530850005 -11.69901020371803, 304.5147039799718 -11.70592984008274, 304.5348941450065 -11.7160957831487, 304.5532264312345 -11.72925771365879, 304.5692494369276 -11.74509154120193, 304.5825686225076 -11.76320738439452, 304.5928560254225 -11.78315917105414, 304.5998583356703 -11.80445562197704, 304.6034031331327 -11.82657234786263, 304.6034031331327 -11.8489647615184, 304.5998583356703 -11.87108148740399, 304.5928560254225 -11.89237793832689, 304.5825686225076 -11.91232972498651, 304.5692494369276 -11.9304455681791, 304.5532264312345 -11.94627939572223, 304.5348941450065 -11.95944132623233, 304.5147039799718 -11.96960726929829, 304.4931530850005 -11.976526905663, 304.4707721146503 -11.9800298509142, 304.4481121626896 -11.9800298509142))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Mauritania
Quad	mc18 [pdf]
Reference	[36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 03, 2017
Origin	Town in Mauritania.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2017 9:09 AM

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