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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Tangaroa Rupes on Mercury

Tangaroa Rupes

Feature Name	Tangaroa Rupes
Clean Name	Tangaroa Rupes
Feature ID	16103
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	3.77 °
Southernmost Latitude	2.07 °
Easternmost Longitude	171.99 °
Westernmost Longitude	174.91 °
Diameter	273.00 km
Center Latitude	1.04 °
Center Longitude	173.27 °
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Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	New Zealand
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[651] - A Collaborative Effort to Meet New Zealand’s Mapping Requirements: Multibeam Echosounder Integration, Acceptance Testing, and Antarctic Mapping Aboard the Research Vessel Tangaroa, A. Kleiner et al.: MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37295), 2001, pp. 1248-1256 vol.2, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968289.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2022
Origin	New Zealand; a research vessel and icebreaker that performs marine environmental monitoring, ocean science studies and exploration and engineering activities (2000s).
Last Updated	Nov 08, 2022 6:49 PM

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