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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nwapa
Clean Name Nwapa
Feature ID 16510
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -10.44 °
Southmost Latitude -11.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 217.39 °
Westmost Longitude 218.14 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude -10.80 °
Center Longitude 217.76 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 27, 2026
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Nigeria
Origin Flora (Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru); Nigerian author, known as the ‘Mother of Modern African Literature’ (1931-1993).
Reference [943] - Flora Nwapa (1931-93) by Emenyonu, Ernest N., 1998. In: Paul Schellinger (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Novel, Vol.2, Routledge, p.952.
Updated Oct 27, 2026 10:08 PM

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