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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lama Tholus
Clean Name Lama Tholus
Feature ID 3248
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.30 °
Southmost Latitude 7.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 266.50 °
Westmost Longitude 265.50 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude 7.80 °
Center Longitude 266.00 °
Quad v28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Sumerian
Origin Sumerian protective goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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