Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Ouarzazate
Clean Name	Ouarzazate
Feature ID	16444
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
MDIM 2.1

Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	42.84 °
Southmost Latitude	42.47 °
Eastmost Longitude	329.07 °
Westmost Longitude	328.55 °
Diameter	22.00 km
Center Latitude	42.66 °
Center Longitude	328.81 °
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Northmost Latitude	42.84 °
Southmost Latitude	42.47 °
Eastmost Longitude	30.93 °
Westmost Longitude	31.45 °
Diameter	22.00 km
Center Latitude	42.66 °
Center Longitude	31.19 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((329.07 42.657, 329.068 42.681, 329.062 42.705, 329.052 42.728, 329.038 42.75, 329.02 42.77, 328.999 42.789, 328.976 42.806, 328.949 42.82, 328.921 42.831, 328.89 42.84, 328.859 42.846, 328.826 42.849, 328.793 42.849, 328.761 42.846, 328.729 42.84, 328.699 42.831, 328.67 42.82, 328.644 42.806, 328.62 42.789, 328.599 42.77, 328.582 42.75, 328.568 42.728, 328.558 42.705, 328.552 42.681, 328.55 42.657, 328.552 42.633, 328.558 42.609, 328.568 42.586, 328.582 42.564, 328.599 42.544, 328.62 42.525, 328.644 42.509, 328.67 42.495, 328.699 42.483, 328.729 42.474, 328.761 42.468, 328.793 42.465, 328.826 42.465, 328.859 42.468, 328.89 42.474, 328.921 42.483, 328.949 42.495, 328.976 42.509, 328.999 42.525, 329.02 42.544, 329.038 42.564, 329.052 42.586, 329.062 42.609, 329.068 42.633, 329.07 42.657))
Quad	mc04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 09, 2026
Continent	Africa
Ethnicity	Morocco
Origin	Town in Morocco.
Reference	[36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated	Mar 09, 2026 6:52 PM

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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