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Planetary Names: Planitia, planitiae: Kawelu Planitia on Venus

Kawelu Planitia

Feature Name	Kawelu Planitia
Clean Name	Kawelu Planitia
Feature ID	2968
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Planitia, planitiae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	32.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	29.10 °
Easternmost Longitude	271.30 °
Westernmost Longitude	228.40 °
Diameter	3910.00 km
Center Latitude	32.80 °
Center Longitude	246.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((228.4 29.1, 271.3 29.1, 271.3 32.9, 228.4 32.9, 228.4 29.1)))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Hawaii
Quad	v16 [pdf]
Reference	[27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Hawaiian mythological heroine, died and brought back to life.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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