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Planetary Names: Vallis, valles: Tawhaki Vallis on Io

Tawhaki Vallis

Feature Name	Tawhaki Vallis
Clean Name	Tawhaki Vallis
Feature ID	5887
Target	Io
Feature Type	Vallis, valles
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	3.00 °
Southernmost Latitude	-4.00 °
Easternmost Longitude	72.50 °
Westernmost Longitude	73.00 °
Diameter	190.00 km
Center Latitude	0.50 °
Center Longitude	72.80 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((287.5 2.999999999997938, 287 2.999999999997938, 287 -3.999999999997825, 287.5 -3.999999999997825, 287.5 2.999999999997938)))
Northernmost Latitude	2.73 °
Southernmost Latitude	-1.99 °
Easternmost Longitude	71.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	73.50 °
Diameter	165.67 km
Center Latitude	0.31 °
Center Longitude	72.76 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((286.5041831640001 2.727606232000085, 286.6252300540001 2.314495892000082, 286.746206412 1.901375238000071, 286.8873866390001 1.518343103000063, 286.8873866390001 1.155407658000058, 287.2100843020001 0.6714241120000679, 287.1697470940001 0.3689078720000794, 287.613456381 0.005875550000041585, 287.7949738160001 -0.2764838319999399, 287.9966598550001 -0.6798410309999099, 287.9361540430001 -1.224316106999936, 287.9764912510001 -1.546918983999944, 288.0975028750001 -1.990415772999938))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	New Zealand
Quad	-
Reference	[65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2006
Origin	Māori lightning god.
Last Updated	Dec 01, 2010 9:42 AM

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