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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kayne
Clean Name Kayne
Feature ID 2972
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -15.23 °
Southmost Latitude -15.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 173.80 °
Westmost Longitude 173.20 °
Diameter 34.90 km
Center Latitude -15.52 °
Center Longitude 173.40 °
Northmost Latitude -15.23 °
Southmost Latitude -15.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 186.20 °
Westmost Longitude 186.80 °
Diameter 34.90 km
Center Latitude -15.52 °
Center Longitude 186.60 °
Northmost Latitude -15.21 °
Southmost Latitude -15.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 173.86 °
Westmost Longitude 173.27 °
Diameter 33.82 km
Center Latitude -15.50 °
Center Longitude 173.56 °
Northmost Latitude -15.21 °
Southmost Latitude -15.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 186.14 °
Westmost Longitude 186.73 °
Diameter 33.82 km
Center Latitude -15.50 °
Center Longitude 186.44 °
Quad mc23 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Africa
Culture Botswana
Origin Town in Botswana.
Reference [129] - Hammond Atlas of the World: Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, NJ, 1999.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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