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| Feature Name | Minatogawa Regio |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Minatogawa Regio |
| Feature ID | 16422 |
| Target | Donaldjohanson |
| Feature Type | Regio, regiones |
| Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | |
| Southmost Latitude | |
| Eastmost Longitude | |
| Westmost Longitude | |
| Diameter | 1.50 km |
| Center Latitude | 15.00 ° |
| Center Longitude | 125.00 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | - |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Continent | Asia |
| Ethnicity | Japan |
| Origin | Minatogawa limestone quarry (Okinawa, Japan) where four skeletons of early Homo sapiens (20,000-22,000 BCE) were excavated in 1968, 1970, and 1974. |
| Reference | [899] - Minatogawa Man, the Oldest Type of Modern Homo sapiens in East Asia, by Hisao Baba and Shuichiro Narasaki: The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), vol. 30, issue 3, 1991 |
| Updated | Sep 04, 2025 9:25 PM |
