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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Shambe
Clean Name Shambe
Feature ID 5463
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -20.87 °
Eastmost Longitude 329.60 °
Westmost Longitude 329.00 °
Diameter 34.20 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 329.20 °
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -20.87 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.40 °
Westmost Longitude 31.00 °
Diameter 34.20 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 30.80 °
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -20.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 329.64 °
Westmost Longitude 329.00 °
Diameter 35.58 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 329.31 °
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -20.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.36 °
Westmost Longitude 31.00 °
Diameter 35.58 km
Center Latitude -20.58 °
Center Longitude 30.69 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Sudan
Origin Town in Sudan.
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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