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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Varma-Ava Dorsa
Clean Name Varma Ava Dorsa
Feature ID 6323
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 66.20 °
Southmost Latitude 58.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.60 °
Westmost Longitude 266.80 °
Diameter 767.00 km
Center Latitude 62.30 °
Center Longitude 268.80 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Mordvinian
Origin Mordvinian (Volga Finn) wind goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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