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| Feature Name | Boxgrove Saxum |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Boxgrove Saxum |
| Feature ID | 16424 |
| Target | Donaldjohanson |
| Feature Type | Saxum, saxa |
| Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | |
| Southmost Latitude | |
| Eastmost Longitude | |
| Westmost Longitude | |
| Diameter | 0.01 km |
| Center Latitude | 11.22 ° |
| Center Longitude | 22.03 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | - |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Ethnicity | England |
| Origin | Boxgrove, village in England and site of discovery of Homo heidelbergensis fossils and direct evidence of hunting and butchering by early humans. |
| Reference | [901] - Boxgrove: A Middle Pleistocene hominid site at Eartham Quarry, Boxgrove, West Sussex, by Mark Roberts: English Heritage Publishing, London: 1999. |
| Updated | Sep 04, 2025 9:38 PM |
| Additional Information | Coordinate system marker. Planetocentric R value 3.538 km is the radial distance from the coordinate system origin. |
