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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Djanggawul Fossae
Clean Name Djanggawul Fossae
Feature ID 15673
Target Pluto
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 54.89 °
Southmost Latitude 27.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.50 °
Westmost Longitude 75.86 °
Diameter 585.00 km
Center Latitude 41.00 °
Center Longitude 84.31 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 08, 2017
Continent Oceania
Culture Yolngu
Origin Ancestral beings in Yolngu (Australia) myth who traveled between the island of the dead and Australia.
Reference [438] - Oxford Reference, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095723493; Oxford University Press.
Updated Sep 15, 2017 12:59 PM

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