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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bamba
Clean Name Bamba
Feature ID 588
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.16 °
Southmost Latitude -3.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 318.50 °
Westmost Longitude 318.20 °
Diameter 23.00 km
Center Latitude -3.36 °
Center Longitude 318.30 °
Northmost Latitude -3.16 °
Southmost Latitude -3.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 41.50 °
Westmost Longitude 41.80 °
Diameter 23.00 km
Center Latitude -3.36 °
Center Longitude 41.70 °
Northmost Latitude -3.17 °
Southmost Latitude -3.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 318.60 °
Westmost Longitude 318.22 °
Diameter 22.57 km
Center Latitude -3.36 °
Center Longitude 318.41 °
Northmost Latitude -3.17 °
Southmost Latitude -3.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 41.40 °
Westmost Longitude 41.78 °
Diameter 22.57 km
Center Latitude -3.36 °
Center Longitude 41.59 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

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