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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gokwe
Clean Name Gokwe
Feature ID 15606
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -27.12 °
Southmost Latitude -27.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 78.14 °
Westmost Longitude 78.10 °
Diameter 2.16 km
Center Latitude -27.14 °
Center Longitude 78.12 °
Northmost Latitude -27.12 °
Southmost Latitude -27.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 281.86 °
Westmost Longitude 281.90 °
Diameter 2.16 km
Center Latitude -27.14 °
Center Longitude 281.88 °
Quad mc21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 05, 2017
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Zimbabwe
Origin Town in Zimbabwe.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Jul 05, 2017 3:14 PM

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