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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Unga

Basic Info

Feature Name Unga
Clean Name Unga
Feature ID 16357
Target Triton
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.90 °
Southmost Latitude -1.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 40.17 °
Westmost Longitude 39.87 °
Diameter 9.00 km
Center Latitude -1.08 °
Center Longitude 40.03 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 17, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity Inuit
Origin Subaquatic dwarf in Inuit myths of Quebec (Canada).
Reference [834] - Eskimo Stories from Povungnituk, Quebec, by Zebedee Nungak, Eugene Yuji Arima. National Museum of Canada, 1969. (P. 8)
Updated Dec 17, 2024 5:59 PM
Additional Information Feature coordinates measured on the 2024 USGS/Bland et al. control network.