Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name We’wha
Clean Name We’wha
Feature ID 16388
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -41.97 °
Southmost Latitude -43.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.44 °
Westmost Longitude 152.21 °
Diameter 56.00 km
Center Latitude -42.57 °
Center Longitude 151.32 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 07, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity Zuni
Origin Zuni (SW USA) potter, textile artist and fiber weaver (c. 1849-1896).
Reference [857] - We'wha and Klah the American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest, by Will Roscoe: American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring, 1988), pp. 127-150 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1184319
Updated Feb 07, 2025 9:23 PM

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