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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Australe
Clean Name Mare Australe
Feature ID 3665
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -31.84 °
Southmost Latitude -64.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.36 °
Westmost Longitude 70.43 °
Diameter 996.84 km
Center Latitude -47.77 °
Center Longitude 91.99 °
Northmost Latitude -29.62 °
Southmost Latitude -49.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.57 °
Westmost Longitude 80.89 °
Diameter 611.97 km
Center Latitude -40.41 °
Center Longitude 94.47 °
Northmost Latitude -31.00 °
Southmost Latitude -47.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.10 °
Westmost Longitude 89.70 °
Diameter 603.00 km
Center Latitude -38.90 °
Center Longitude 93.00 °
Quad LAC-116 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin "Southern Sea."
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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