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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Veralden

Basic Info

Feature Name	Veralden
Clean Name	Veralden
Feature ID	6351
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	34.20 °
Southmost Latitude	32.40 °
Eastmost Longitude	94.50 °
Westmost Longitude	96.60 °
Diameter	75.20 km
Center Latitude	33.30 °
Center Longitude	95.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((265.5 34.199999999943536, 263.4 34.199999999943536, 263.4 32.39999999994666, 265.5 32.39999999994666, 265.5 34.199999999943536)))
Northmost Latitude	34.20 °
Southmost Latitude	32.40 °
Eastmost Longitude	94.50 °
Westmost Longitude	96.60 °
Diameter	75.20 km
Center Latitude	33.30 °
Center Longitude	95.50 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((265.411 33.388, 265.403 33.495, 265.379 33.6, 265.34 33.702, 265.286 33.799, 265.217 33.889, 265.136 33.972, 265.043 34.045, 264.94 34.108, 264.829 34.16, 264.71 34.199, 264.587 34.226, 264.461 34.239, 264.333 34.239, 264.207 34.226, 264.084 34.199, 263.965 34.16, 263.854 34.108, 263.751 34.045, 263.658 33.972, 263.577 33.889, 263.508 33.799, 263.454 33.702, 263.415 33.6, 263.391 33.495, 263.383 33.388, 263.391 33.281, 263.415 33.176, 263.454 33.074, 263.508 32.978, 263.577 32.887, 263.658 32.805, 263.751 32.731, 263.854 32.668, 263.965 32.617, 264.084 32.578, 264.207 32.551, 264.333 32.537, 264.461 32.537, 264.587 32.551, 264.71 32.578, 264.829 32.617, 264.94 32.668, 265.043 32.731, 265.136 32.805, 265.217 32.887, 265.286 32.978, 265.34 33.074, 265.379 33.176, 265.403 33.281, 265.411 33.388))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1988
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Lapp
Origin	Saami god of fertility.
Reference	[64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated	Mar 03, 2026 10:03 PM

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