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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Narmada

Basic Info

Feature Name Narmada
Clean Name Narmada
Feature ID 16426
Target Donaldjohanson
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude 22.52 °
Center Longitude 39.35 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 27, 2025
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Narmada River Valley (India), site of Narmada Human, fossil remains of an indeterminate hominin species, the oldest found in India (50,000 – 150,000 BCE).
Reference [902] - Cameron, D.; Patnaik, R.; Sahni, A. (2004). "The phylogenetic significance of the Middle Pleistocene Narmada hominin cranium from central India". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 14 (6): 419–447. doi:10.1002/oa.725. ISSN 1047-482X. S2CID 85718581
Updated Sep 04, 2025 9:50 PM
Additional Information Coordinate system marker. Planetocentric R value 2.532 km is the radial distance from the coordinate system origin.

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