Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Pompeii
Clean Name Pompeii
Feature ID 4792
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 19.25 °
Southmost Latitude 18.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.18 °
Westmost Longitude 300.63 °
Diameter 31.13 km
Center Latitude 18.98 °
Center Longitude 300.90 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Ruined town in Italy.
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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