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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aniak
Clean Name Aniak
Feature ID 277
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -31.40 °
Southmost Latitude -32.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.90 °
Westmost Longitude 289.80 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude -31.90 °
Center Longitude 290.40 °
Northmost Latitude -31.40 °
Southmost Latitude -32.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 69.10 °
Westmost Longitude 70.20 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude -31.90 °
Center Longitude 69.60 °
Northmost Latitude -31.47 °
Southmost Latitude -32.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.94 °
Westmost Longitude 289.94 °
Diameter 50.9684 km
Center Latitude -31.84 °
Center Longitude 290.44 °
Northmost Latitude -31.47 °
Southmost Latitude -32.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 69.06 °
Westmost Longitude 70.06 °
Diameter 50.9684 km
Center Latitude -31.84 °
Center Longitude 69.56 °
Quad mc25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Town in Alaska, USA.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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