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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Gauwa Patera on Io

Gauwa Patera

Feature Name	Gauwa Patera
Clean Name	Gauwa Patera
Feature ID	16171
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	Voyager/Galileo SSI
Northernmost Latitude	36.09 °
Southernmost Latitude	35.21 °
Easternmost Longitude	11.74 °
Westernmost Longitude	12.62 °
Diameter	27.00 km
Center Latitude	35.65 °
Center Longitude	12.18 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((-13.052 35.541, -13.008 36.112, -12.524 36.42, -11.931 36.431, -11.459 36.09, -11.129 35.651, -11.426 34.893, -12.107 34.827, -12.755 35.079, -13.052 35.541))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Bushman
Quad	-
Reference	[711] - Nyae Nyae !Kung, Belief and Rites by Lorna J. Marshall, Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 10, 2023
Origin	!Kung (people of Sao/Bushmen group in Angola, Namibia, and Botswana) western sky sun god.
Last Updated	Mar 20, 2023 5:52 PM

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