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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Laf
Clean Name Laf
Feature ID 3227
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 48.06 °
Southmost Latitude 47.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 354.10 °
Westmost Longitude 354.00 °
Diameter 3.20 km
Center Latitude 47.96 °
Center Longitude 354.00 °
Northmost Latitude 48.06 °
Southmost Latitude 47.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 5.90 °
Westmost Longitude 6.00 °
Diameter 3.20 km
Center Latitude 47.96 °
Center Longitude 6.00 °
Northmost Latitude 48.04 °
Southmost Latitude 47.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 354.13 °
Westmost Longitude 354.06 °
Diameter 2.86 km
Center Latitude 48.01 °
Center Longitude 354.10 °
Northmost Latitude 48.04 °
Southmost Latitude 47.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 5.87 °
Westmost Longitude 5.94 °
Diameter 2.86 km
Center Latitude 48.01 °
Center Longitude 5.90 °
Quad mc04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Cameroon
Origin Town in the United Republic of Cameroon.
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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