Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Marsabit
Clean Name Marsabit
Feature ID 16120
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 12.38 °
Southmost Latitude 11.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 339.31 °
Westmost Longitude 338.62 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 12.03 °
Center Longitude 338.97 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 06, 2023
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Kenya
Origin Town in Kenya.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Jan 06, 2023 5:34 PM

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