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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Yelwa on Mars

Yelwa

Feature Name	Yelwa
Clean Name	Yelwa
Feature ID	15719
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	MDIM 2.1
Northernmost Latitude	31.19 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.05 °
Easternmost Longitude	212.46 °
Westernmost Longitude	212.29 °
Diameter	8.20 km
Center Latitude	31.12 °
Center Longitude	212.37 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((212.3713466213875 31.03919006963973, 212.3588549976438 31.04104825537724, 212.3468266687952 31.04471887215243, 212.3355578122178 31.05011153719822, 212.3253259045597 31.05709346520395, 212.3163828893451 31.06549273793043, 212.3089489732888 31.07510253740754, 212.3032072040759 31.08568623847907, 212.2992989631203 31.09698323529934, 212.2973204842849 31.10871535831406, 212.2973204842849 31.12059372371792, 212.2992989631203 31.13232584673264, 212.3032072040759 31.14362284355291, 212.3089489732888 31.15420654462444, 212.3163828893451 31.16381634410156, 212.3253259045597 31.17221561682804, 212.3355578122178 31.17919754483376, 212.3468266687952 31.18459020987955, 212.3588549976438 31.18826082665474, 212.3713466213875 31.19011901239225, 212.3839939547925 31.19011901239225, 212.3964855785362 31.18826082665474, 212.4085139073848 31.18459020987955, 212.4197827639622 31.17919754483376, 212.4300146716203 31.17221561682804, 212.4389576868349 31.16381634410156, 212.4463916028912 31.15420654462444, 212.4521333721041 31.14362284355291, 212.4560416130597 31.13232584673264, 212.4580200918952 31.12059372371792, 212.4580200918952 31.10871535831406, 212.4560416130597 31.09698323529934, 212.4521333721041 31.08568623847907, 212.4463916028912 31.07510253740754, 212.4389576868349 31.06549273793043, 212.4300146716203 31.05709346520395, 212.4197827639622 31.05011153719822, 212.4085139073848 31.04471887215243, 212.3964855785362 31.04104825537724, 212.3839939547925 31.03919006963973, 212.3713466213875 31.03919006963973))
Northernmost Latitude	31.19 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.05 °
Easternmost Longitude	147.54 °
Westernmost Longitude	147.71 °
Diameter	8.20 km
Center Latitude	31.12 °
Center Longitude	147.63 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((212.3713466213875 31.03919006963973, 212.3588549976438 31.04104825537724, 212.3468266687952 31.04471887215243, 212.3355578122178 31.05011153719822, 212.3253259045597 31.05709346520395, 212.3163828893451 31.06549273793043, 212.3089489732888 31.07510253740754, 212.3032072040759 31.08568623847907, 212.2992989631203 31.09698323529934, 212.2973204842849 31.10871535831406, 212.2973204842849 31.12059372371792, 212.2992989631203 31.13232584673264, 212.3032072040759 31.14362284355291, 212.3089489732888 31.15420654462444, 212.3163828893451 31.16381634410156, 212.3253259045597 31.17221561682804, 212.3355578122178 31.17919754483376, 212.3468266687952 31.18459020987955, 212.3588549976438 31.18826082665474, 212.3713466213875 31.19011901239225, 212.3839939547925 31.19011901239225, 212.3964855785362 31.18826082665474, 212.4085139073848 31.18459020987955, 212.4197827639622 31.17919754483376, 212.4300146716203 31.17221561682804, 212.4389576868349 31.16381634410156, 212.4463916028912 31.15420654462444, 212.4521333721041 31.14362284355291, 212.4560416130597 31.13232584673264, 212.4580200918952 31.12059372371792, 212.4580200918952 31.10871535831406, 212.4560416130597 31.09698323529934, 212.4521333721041 31.08568623847907, 212.4463916028912 31.07510253740754, 212.4389576868349 31.06549273793043, 212.4300146716203 31.05709346520395, 212.4197827639622 31.05011153719822, 212.4085139073848 31.04471887215243, 212.3964855785362 31.04104825537724, 212.3839939547925 31.03919006963973, 212.3713466213875 31.03919006963973))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Nigeria
Quad	mc02 [pdf]
Reference	[349] - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS). https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 16, 2018
Origin	Town in Nigeria
Last Updated	Feb 19, 2018 3:10 PM

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