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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Medrissa
Clean Name Medrissa
Feature ID 3794
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 18.79 °
Southmost Latitude 18.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 303.50 °
Westmost Longitude 303.20 °
Diameter 21.20 km
Center Latitude 18.59 °
Center Longitude 303.30 °
Northmost Latitude 18.79 °
Southmost Latitude 18.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.50 °
Westmost Longitude 56.80 °
Diameter 21.20 km
Center Latitude 18.59 °
Center Longitude 56.70 °
Northmost Latitude 18.81 °
Southmost Latitude 18.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 303.61 °
Westmost Longitude 303.26 °
Diameter 19.52 km
Center Latitude 18.64 °
Center Longitude 303.43 °
Northmost Latitude 18.81 °
Southmost Latitude 18.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.39 °
Westmost Longitude 56.74 °
Diameter 19.52 km
Center Latitude 18.64 °
Center Longitude 56.57 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Algeria
Origin Town in Algeria.
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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