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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Salaga
Clean Name Salaga
Feature ID 5281
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -46.96 °
Southmost Latitude -47.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 309.20 °
Westmost Longitude 308.50 °
Diameter 27.10 km
Center Latitude -47.16 °
Center Longitude 308.90 °
Northmost Latitude -46.96 °
Southmost Latitude -47.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 50.80 °
Westmost Longitude 51.50 °
Diameter 27.10 km
Center Latitude -47.16 °
Center Longitude 51.10 °
Northmost Latitude -46.95 °
Southmost Latitude -47.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 309.24 °
Westmost Longitude 308.55 °
Diameter 28.03 km
Center Latitude -47.19 °
Center Longitude 308.89 °
Northmost Latitude -46.95 °
Southmost Latitude -47.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 50.76 °
Westmost Longitude 51.45 °
Diameter 28.03 km
Center Latitude -47.19 °
Center Longitude 51.11 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Culture Ghana
Origin Town in Ghana.
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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