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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Elim
Clean Name Elim
Feature ID 1764
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -79.74 °
Southmost Latitude -80.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.90 °
Westmost Longitude 94.83 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude -80.10 °
Center Longitude 96.73 °
Northmost Latitude -79.74 °
Southmost Latitude -80.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.10 °
Westmost Longitude 265.17 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude -80.10 °
Center Longitude 263.27 °
Northmost Latitude -79.80 °
Southmost Latitude -80.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.97 °
Westmost Longitude 94.63 °
Diameter 43.63 km
Center Latitude -80.17 °
Center Longitude 96.80 °
Northmost Latitude -79.80 °
Southmost Latitude -80.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.03 °
Westmost Longitude 265.37 °
Diameter 43.63 km
Center Latitude -80.17 °
Center Longitude 263.20 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Africa
Ethnicity South Africa
Origin Town in South Africa.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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