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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Egdir

Basic Info

Feature Name	Egdir
Clean Name	Egdir
Feature ID	1727
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	34.60 °
Southmost Latitude	33.20 °
Eastmost Longitude	35.00 °
Westmost Longitude	36.70 °
Diameter	60.60 km
Center Latitude	33.90 °
Center Longitude	35.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((325 34.600000000044275, 323.3 34.600000000044275, 323.3 33.20000000005286, 325 33.20000000005286, 325 34.600000000044275)))
Northmost Latitude	34.60 °
Southmost Latitude	33.20 °
Eastmost Longitude	35.00 °
Westmost Longitude	36.70 °
Diameter	60.60 km
Center Latitude	33.90 °
Center Longitude	35.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((324.10450955500005 34.61111320800006, 323.941650157 34.59782017800006, 323.78514014900003 34.55961553900005, 323.64099412300004 34.497967473000074, 323.514751529 34.415245080000034, 323.41126380000003 34.31462733600006, 323.33450791100006 34.199980924000045, 323.287433548 34.075711642000044, 323.27184975200004 33.94659508800004, 323.28123427900005 33.84955989100007, 323.30849137300004 33.75468976800005, 323.35303100000004 33.66403837200005, 323.413889012 33.579568031000065, 323.48974801700007 33.50310727500005, 323.57896589700005 33.43631124600006, 323.67961135400003 33.38062587700006, 323.78950571700005 33.33725658900005, 323.906270106 33.30714219600003, 324.02737692400007 33.290934582000034, 324.15020457400004 33.288984595000045, 324.27209420900004 33.30133444400008, 324.390407286 33.32771679500007, 324.50258268400006 33.36756054700004, 324.606192145 33.42000320500006, 324.69899283700005 33.48390954300004, 324.77897590500004 33.557896182000036, 324.84440995600005 33.64036153400008, 324.893878543 33.72952047500007, 324.92631081800005 33.82344298100003, 324.94100472200006 33.92009591400006, 324.93764217500006 34.017387031000055, 324.91629596600006 34.11321027200006, 324.87742817800006 34.20549135400006, 324.82188017900006 34.29223266900004, 324.75085441600004 34.37155653100007, 324.66588838200005 34.441745817000026, 324.56882133600004 34.50128114100005, 324.461754486 34.54887374400005, 324.347005506 34.58349338800008, 324.227058364 34.60439066400005, 324.10450955500005 34.61111320800006)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Norse
Origin	Norse; shepherd for the giants.
Reference	[17] - Norse mythology: lists provided by Kaare Aksnes.
Updated	Aug 13, 2025 8:08 PM

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