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Planetary Names: Fossa, fossae: Ménec Fossae on Europa

Ménec Fossae

Feature Name	Ménec Fossae
Clean Name	Menec Fossae
Feature ID	15828
Target	Europa
Feature Type	Fossa, fossae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-51.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	-52.55 °
Easternmost Longitude	177.64 °
Westernmost Longitude	178.10 °
Diameter	33.00 km
Center Latitude	-51.98 °
Center Longitude	177.87 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((181.8929070970563 -51.37183225109506, 182.055945237814 -51.51157922888734, 182.0210084933659 -51.77554574249501, 182.1646373316524 -52.10162202401034, 182.3548484958697 -52.54415412035259))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	France
Quad	-
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 2:48 PM