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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nazca
Clean Name Nazca
Feature ID 4173
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -31.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.70 °
Westmost Longitude 93.40 °
Diameter 15.50 km
Center Latitude -31.60 °
Center Longitude 93.60 °
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -31.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 266.30 °
Westmost Longitude 266.60 °
Diameter 15.50 km
Center Latitude -31.60 °
Center Longitude 266.40 °
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -31.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.82 °
Westmost Longitude 93.52 °
Diameter 15.01 km
Center Latitude -31.63 °
Center Longitude 93.67 °
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -31.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 266.18 °
Westmost Longitude 266.48 °
Diameter 15.01 km
Center Latitude -31.63 °
Center Longitude 266.33 °
Quad mc28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Peru
Origin Town in Peru.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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