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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Jijiga
Clean Name Jijiga
Feature ID 2828
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.24 °
Southmost Latitude 24.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.10 °
Westmost Longitude 305.80 °
Diameter 17.30 km
Center Latitude 25.14 °
Center Longitude 306.00 °
Northmost Latitude 25.24 °
Southmost Latitude 24.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.90 °
Westmost Longitude 54.20 °
Diameter 17.30 km
Center Latitude 25.14 °
Center Longitude 54.00 °
Northmost Latitude 25.25 °
Southmost Latitude 24.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.20 °
Westmost Longitude 305.89 °
Diameter 16.16 km
Center Latitude 25.11 °
Center Longitude 306.05 °
Northmost Latitude 25.25 °
Southmost Latitude 24.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.80 °
Westmost Longitude 54.11 °
Diameter 16.16 km
Center Latitude 25.11 °
Center Longitude 53.95 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Ethiopia
Origin Town in Ethiopia.
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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