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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Freki

Basic Info

Feature Name	Freki
Clean Name	Freki
Feature ID	2020
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	80.40 °
Southmost Latitude	79.20 °
Eastmost Longitude	348.00 °
Westmost Longitude	355.00 °
Diameter	55.00 km
Center Latitude	79.80 °
Center Longitude	351.70 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((12 80.40000000001663, 5 80.40000000001663, 5 79.20000000001403, 12 79.20000000001403, 12 80.40000000001663)))
Northmost Latitude	80.40 °
Southmost Latitude	79.20 °
Eastmost Longitude	348.00 °
Westmost Longitude	355.00 °
Diameter	55.00 km
Center Latitude	79.80 °
Center Longitude	351.70 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((11.945 79.809, 11.917 79.886, 11.836 79.962, 11.702 80.035, 11.518 80.105, 11.286 80.17, 11.01 80.229, 10.695 80.282, 10.344 80.327, 9.965 80.364, 9.562 80.393, 9.143 80.412, 8.713 80.422, 8.281 80.422, 7.851 80.412, 7.432 80.393, 7.029 80.364, 6.65 80.327, 6.299 80.282, 5.984 80.229, 5.708 80.17, 5.476 80.105, 5.292 80.035, 5.158 79.962, 5.077 79.886, 5.049 79.809, 5.077 79.732, 5.158 79.656, 5.292 79.583, 5.476 79.513, 5.708 79.448, 5.984 79.388, 6.299 79.336, 6.65 79.29, 7.029 79.253, 7.432 79.225, 7.851 79.206, 8.281 79.196, 8.713 79.196, 9.143 79.206, 9.562 79.225, 9.965 79.253, 10.344 79.29, 10.695 79.336, 11.01 79.388, 11.286 79.448, 11.518 79.513, 11.702 79.583, 11.836 79.656, 11.917 79.732, 11.945 79.809))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Norse
Origin	Norse; wolf's name meaning "insatiable."
Reference	[17] - Norse mythology: lists provided by Kaare Aksnes.
Updated	Nov 04, 2026 10:26 PM

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