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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ménec Fossae

Basic Info

Feature Name Ménec Fossae
Clean Name Menec Fossae
Feature ID 15828
Target Europa
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -51.40 °
Southmost Latitude -52.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 177.64 °
Westmost Longitude 178.10 °
Diameter 33.00 km
Center Latitude -51.98 °
Center Longitude 177.87 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 28, 2019
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Stone rows in France (Carnac, Brittany).
Reference [142] - From Carnac to Callanish, by A. Burl: Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993.
Updated May 28, 2019 2:48 PM

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