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Planetary Names: Fossa, fossae: Kermario Fossae on Europa
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Kermario Fossae
Feature Name
Kermario Fossae
Clean Name
Kermario Fossae
Feature ID
15827
Target
Europa
Feature Type
Fossa, fossae
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude
46.95 °
Southernmost Latitude
42.42 °
Easternmost Longitude
351.70 °
Westernmost Longitude
357.02 °
Diameter
191.00
km
Center Latitude
44.69 °
Center Longitude
354.36 °
WKT String
MULTILINESTRING ((2.982427144309726 42.41779915000203, 3.433693426764016 42.82539450189622, 4.088757385165372 43.48045846029756, 4.612808551886467 43.97539567331189, 5.29698646399455 44.67413056227333, 6.184962052049726 45.6494480114487, 6.301417866876585 45.75134684942224), (7.655216714239426 46.20261313187653, 8.019141135573507 46.61020848377068, 8.310280672640756 46.9595759282514))
Continent
Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
France
Quad
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Reference
[142] - From Carnac to Callanish, by A. Burl: Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993.
Approval Status
Adopted by IAU
Approval Date
May 28, 2019
Origin
Stone rows in France (Carnac, Brittany).
Last Updated
May 28, 2019 2:43 PM
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