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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Portsmouth
Clean Name Portsmouth
Feature ID 4806
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.94 °
Westmost Longitude 310.91 °
Diameter 1.50 km
Center Latitude 22.55 °
Center Longitude 310.93 °
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.06 °
Westmost Longitude 49.09 °
Diameter 1.50 km
Center Latitude 22.55 °
Center Longitude 49.07 °
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.80 °
Westmost Longitude 310.80 °
Diameter 0.90 km
Center Latitude 22.56 °
Center Longitude 310.80 °
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.20 °
Westmost Longitude 49.20 °
Diameter 0.90 km
Center Latitude 22.56 °
Center Longitude 49.20 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent North America
Culture United States
Origin American colonial town (New Hampshire).
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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