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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Mont

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mont
Clean Name	Mont
Feature ID	3999
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	44.79 °
Southmost Latitude	44.45 °
Eastmost Longitude	311.77 °
Westmost Longitude	312.14 °
Diameter	15.00 km
Center Latitude	44.62 °
Center Longitude	311.95 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((48.03264022533307 44.45396621601976, 48.00404494206508 44.45806619625685, 47.97651021337634 44.46616520161055, 47.95071403566968 44.47806380768999, 47.92729159645285 44.49346903132428, 47.90681963391397 44.512001544780546, 47.88980223571332 44.5332050160716, 47.876658426672094 44.55655734536397, 47.86771185099069 44.58148352080855, 47.86318280305437 44.60736977724065, 47.86318280305437 44.633578709115355, 47.86771185099069 44.65946496554746, 47.876658426672094 44.684391140992034, 47.88980223571332 44.707743470284406, 47.90681963391397 44.72894694157546, 47.92729159645285 44.74747945503172, 47.95071403566968 44.76288467866601, 47.97651021337634 44.77478328474545, 48.00404494206508 44.78288229009915, 48.03264022533307 44.786982270336246, 48.06159195240393 44.786982270336246, 48.09018723567192 44.78288229009915, 48.11772196436067 44.77478328474545, 48.14351814206732 44.76288467866601, 48.166940581284166 44.74747945503172, 48.18741254382303 44.72894694157546, 48.20442994202368 44.707743470284406, 48.217573751064904 44.684391140992034, 48.22652032674631 44.65946496554746, 48.23104937468263 44.633578709115355, 48.23104937468263 44.60736977724065, 48.22652032674631 44.58148352080855, 48.217573751064904 44.55655734536397, 48.20442994202368 44.5332050160716, 48.18741254382303 44.512001544780546, 48.166940581284166 44.49346903132428, 48.14351814206732 44.47806380768999, 48.11772196436067 44.46616520161055, 48.09018723567192 44.45806619625685, 48.06159195240393 44.45396621601976, 48.03264022533307 44.45396621601976))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Theban war god.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 16, 2015 2:56 PM

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