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Planetary Names: Fossa, fossae: Djanggawul Fossae on Pluto

Djanggawul Fossae

Feature Name	Djanggawul Fossae
Clean Name	Djanggawul Fossae
Feature ID	15673
Target	Pluto
Feature Type	Fossa, fossae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	54.89 °
Southernmost Latitude	27.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	91.50 °
Westernmost Longitude	75.86 °
Diameter	585.00 km
Center Latitude	41.00 °
Center Longitude	84.31 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((88.2103214263916 36.9027156829834, 87.3341007232666 40.4952220916748, 87.11504554748535 43.0362606048584, 86.32306098937988 45.60301399230957, 84.13118553161621 48.7686824798584, 82.95525169372559 50.17435646057129, 81.46342277526855 53.1566104888916, 81.32973289489746 54.8875675201416, 79.64766120910645 54.1458797454834, 80.08013343811035 53.13427925109863, 80.60727500915527 51.7114086151123, 81.59231758117676 50.04743385314941, 83.12824058532715 47.76785087585449, 85.23116874694824 44.61345863342285, 85.21733283996582 41.09492301940918, 84.59717750549316 40.35161018371582, 84.72381782531738 38.27044486999512, 85.5816593170166 35.89506340026855, 83.56635093688965 37.4284496307373, 83.65397453308105 40.10092353820801, 83.52253913879395 42.72958564758301, 81.90265846252441 45.48432350158691, 79.07727241516113 47.91766548156738, 76.51277351379395 48.95075035095215, 75.85758399963379 47.81448173522949, 77.82766914367676 46.82718467712402, 81.23985481262207 44.90090751647949, 82.14122200012207 43.31779289245605, 80.6444263458252 41.00147819519043, 81.6824779510498 39.26851463317871, 82.5586986541748 36.4646053314209, 85.21419715881348 33.6191463470459, 86.43696022033691 31.75618934631348, 88.54017066955566 30.61625862121582, 89.4808406829834 29.58627510070801, 91.10184669494629 27.48334693908691, 91.49614524841309 28.44718742370605, 89.78751564025879 31.11966133117676, 87.42172050476074 32.82829093933105, 87.07123374938965 34.3178653717041, 88.1226978302002 34.88741111755371, 88.2103214263916 36.9027156829834)))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Yolngu
Quad	-
Reference	[438] - Oxford Reference, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095723493; Oxford University Press.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Aug 08, 2017
Origin	Ancestral beings in Yolngu (Australia) myth who traveled between the island of the dead and Australia.
Last Updated	Sep 15, 2017 12:59 PM

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