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| Feature Name | Mungo |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Mungo |
| Feature ID | 16425 |
| Target | Donaldjohanson |
| Feature Type | Crater, craters |
| Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | |
| Southmost Latitude | |
| Eastmost Longitude | |
| Westmost Longitude | |
| Diameter | 0.01 km |
| Center Latitude | 10.78 ° |
| Center Longitude | 17.55 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | - |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Continent | Oceania |
| Ethnicity | Australia |
| Origin | Lake Mungo (New South Wales, Australia) is the site of three significant finds of human including Mungo woman, one of the earliest known cremations. |
| 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 9:47 PM |
| Additional Information | Coordinate system marker. Planetocentric R value 3.636 km is the radial distance from the coordinate system origin. |
