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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dziwica Chasma
Clean Name Dziwica Chasma
Feature ID 1691
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -14.00 °
Southmost Latitude -18.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.00 °
Westmost Longitude 228.00 °
Diameter 1300.00 km
Center Latitude -16.50 °
Center Longitude 235.00 °
Quad v39 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Culture Slavic
Origin Forest maiden in myths of Luzicke Serby/Sorben/Wenden, W. Slavic group in E. Germany.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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