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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tuscaloosa
Clean Name Tuscaloosa
Feature ID 6149
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 0.49 °
Southmost Latitude -0.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.20 °
Westmost Longitude 28.20 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 0.00 °
Center Longitude 28.70 °
Northmost Latitude 0.49 °
Southmost Latitude -0.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 330.80 °
Westmost Longitude 331.80 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 0.00 °
Center Longitude 331.30 °
Northmost Latitude 0.48 °
Southmost Latitude -0.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.24 °
Westmost Longitude 28.23 °
Diameter 59.66 km
Center Latitude -0.02 °
Center Longitude 28.73 °
Northmost Latitude 0.48 °
Southmost Latitude -0.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 330.76 °
Westmost Longitude 331.77 °
Diameter 59.66 km
Center Latitude -0.02 °
Center Longitude 331.27 °
Quad mc20 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Town in Alabama, USA.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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