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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cocytus Montes
Clean Name Cocytus Montes
Feature ID 16370
Target Io
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Voyager/Galileo SSI
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 66.19 °
Southmost Latitude 51.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.86 °
Westmost Longitude 347.45 °
Diameter 542.00 km
Center Latitude 60.98 °
Center Longitude 331.67 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 29, 2025
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Name for the frozen lake which is the ninth and final circle of Hell in Dante’s “The Inferno.”
Reference [156] - The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri: Mentor Books, New York, 1954.
Updated Jan 30, 2025 7:54 PM
Additional Information Feature is best viewed on the Junocam PJ57 image.

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