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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hi'iaka Montes
Clean Name Hi iaka Montes
Feature ID 2527
Target Io
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 1.58 °
Southmost Latitude -10.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 77.05 °
Westmost Longitude 83.77 °
Diameter 406.34 km
Center Latitude -5.13 °
Center Longitude 81.80 °
Northmost Latitude 1.83 °
Southmost Latitude -10.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 77.18 °
Westmost Longitude 83.67 °
Diameter 500.00 km
Center Latitude -4.68 °
Center Longitude 81.96 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Hawaii
Origin Sister of Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele.
Reference [147] - Hawaiian Mythology, by Martha Beckwith: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1970.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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