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Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Nile Montes on Io

Nile Montes

Feature Name	Nile Montes
Clean Name	Nile Montes
Feature ID	4270
Target	Io
Feature Type	Mons, montes
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	60.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	47.25 °
Easternmost Longitude	243.43 °
Westernmost Longitude	257.41 °
Diameter	449.99 km
Center Latitude	52.07 °
Center Longitude	250.02 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((116.57 60.04999999999404, 102.59 60.04999999999404, 102.59 47.25000000003829, 116.57 47.25000000003829, 116.57 60.04999999999404)))
Northernmost Latitude	59.92 °
Southernmost Latitude	47.42 °
Easternmost Longitude	245.68 °
Westernmost Longitude	257.38 °
Diameter	417.00 km
Center Latitude	53.65 °
Center Longitude	250.46 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	-
Reference	[33] - Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros, by Edith Hamilton: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Mass., 1942.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Origin	Where Zeus restored Io to her human form.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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