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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Uncama Fossa
Clean Name Uncama Fossa
Feature ID 15869
Target Pluto
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.41 °
Southmost Latitude 20.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 147.46 °
Westmost Longitude 137.77 °
Diameter 227.00 km
Center Latitude 23.96 °
Center Longitude 142.62 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 03, 2020
Continent Africa
Culture Zulu
Origin Zulu tale hero, who followed a porcupine underground and came upon the village of dead souls.
Reference [552] - African Mythology, A to Z, by Patricia Lynch and Jeremy Roberts, Infobase Publishing, 2010.
Updated Jan 03, 2020 12:36 PM

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