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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Hadar Regio

Basic Info

Feature Name Hadar Regio
Clean Name Hadar Regio
Feature ID 16421
Target Donaldjohanson
Feature Type Regio, regiones

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 2.30 km
Center Latitude 18.00 °
Center Longitude 142.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 27, 2025
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Ethiopia
Origin Hadar (Ethiopia), the paleontological fossil site within the Afar Triangle where the Lucy fossil was discovered in 1974.
Reference [898] - Essentials of Physical Anthropology, 9th edition, by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, and Wenda Trevathan: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning Publishing, Belmont CA. 2013.
Updated Sep 04, 2025 9:12 PM

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