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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Parga Chasmata
Clean Name Parga Chasmata
Feature ID 4588
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -1.00 °
Southmost Latitude -39.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 294.00 °
Westmost Longitude 207.00 °
Diameter 11000.00 km
Center Latitude -20.00 °
Center Longitude 255.00 °
Quad v40 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Asia
Culture Siberia
Origin Nenets (Samoyed) forest witch. (Feature extent expanded in 2001.)
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Dec 21, 2011 12:10 PM

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