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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Yelwa
Clean Name Yelwa
Feature ID 15719
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 31.19 °
Southmost Latitude 31.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 212.46 °
Westmost Longitude 212.29 °
Diameter 8.20 km
Center Latitude 31.12 °
Center Longitude 212.37 °
Northmost Latitude 31.19 °
Southmost Latitude 31.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 147.54 °
Westmost Longitude 147.71 °
Diameter 8.20 km
Center Latitude 31.12 °
Center Longitude 147.63 °
Quad mc02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 16, 2018
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Nigeria
Origin Town in Nigeria
Reference [349] - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS). https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GNSHome/welcome.html
Updated Feb 19, 2018 3:10 PM

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