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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name McMurdo
Clean Name McMurdo
Feature ID 3784
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -84.13 °
Southmost Latitude -84.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 30.30 km
Center Latitude -84.33 °
Center Longitude 0.90 °
Northmost Latitude -84.13 °
Southmost Latitude -84.64 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 30.30 km
Center Latitude -84.33 °
Center Longitude 359.10 °
Northmost Latitude -84.16 °
Southmost Latitude -84.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 2.92 °
Westmost Longitude -1.74 °
Diameter 26.90 km
Center Latitude -84.38 °
Center Longitude 0.59 °
Northmost Latitude -84.16 °
Southmost Latitude -84.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.08 °
Westmost Longitude 361.74 °
Diameter 26.90 km
Center Latitude -84.38 °
Center Longitude 359.41 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Antarctica
Ethnicity Unknown
Origin American station in Antarctica.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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