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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kansk
Clean Name Kansk
Feature ID 2918
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -20.18 °
Southmost Latitude -20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 343.00 °
Westmost Longitude 342.40 °
Diameter 34.30 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 342.70 °
Northmost Latitude -20.18 °
Southmost Latitude -20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.00 °
Westmost Longitude 17.60 °
Diameter 34.30 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 17.30 °
Northmost Latitude -20.24 °
Southmost Latitude -20.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 343.04 °
Westmost Longitude 342.44 °
Diameter 33.35 km
Center Latitude -20.52 °
Center Longitude 342.73 °
Northmost Latitude -20.24 °
Southmost Latitude -20.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 16.96 °
Westmost Longitude 17.56 °
Diameter 33.35 km
Center Latitude -20.52 °
Center Longitude 17.27 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Town in Russia.
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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