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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Basin
Clean Name Basin
Feature ID 629
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.95 °
Southmost Latitude 17.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.14 °
Westmost Longitude 106.86 °
Diameter 15.53 km
Center Latitude 17.82 °
Center Longitude 107.00 °
Northmost Latitude 17.95 °
Southmost Latitude 17.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.86 °
Westmost Longitude 253.14 °
Diameter 15.53 km
Center Latitude 17.82 °
Center Longitude 253.00 °
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.10 °
Westmost Longitude 106.80 °
Diameter 15.70 km
Center Latitude 17.80 °
Center Longitude 106.90 °
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.90 °
Westmost Longitude 253.20 °
Diameter 15.70 km
Center Latitude 17.80 °
Center Longitude 253.10 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Town in Wyoming, USA.
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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