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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Luga
Clean Name Luga
Feature ID 3509
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -43.86 °
Southmost Latitude -44.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 313.00 °
Westmost Longitude 312.00 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude -44.26 °
Center Longitude 312.50 °
Northmost Latitude -43.86 °
Southmost Latitude -44.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.00 °
Westmost Longitude 48.00 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude -44.26 °
Center Longitude 47.50 °
Northmost Latitude -43.87 °
Southmost Latitude -44.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 313.11 °
Westmost Longitude 312.06 °
Diameter 44.56 km
Center Latitude -44.25 °
Center Longitude 312.58 °
Northmost Latitude -43.87 °
Southmost Latitude -44.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 46.89 °
Westmost Longitude 47.94 °
Diameter 44.56 km
Center Latitude -44.25 °
Center Longitude 47.42 °
Quad mc26 [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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