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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Victoria Rupes on Mercury

Victoria Rupes

Feature Name	Victoria Rupes
Clean Name	Victoria Rupes
Feature ID	6379
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	55.00 °
Southernmost Latitude	46.70 °
Easternmost Longitude	30.10 °
Westernmost Longitude	32.00 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	50.90 °
Center Longitude	31.10 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((329.9 46.7, 328 46.7, 328 55, 329.9 55, 329.9 46.7)))
Northernmost Latitude	56.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	48.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	33.55 °
Westernmost Longitude	36.14 °
Diameter	347.00 km
Center Latitude	52.71 °
Center Longitude	34.16 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((323.8602619171143 56.40014457702637, 324.1577167510986 55.79354286193848, 324.1807270050049 55.40237617492676, 324.1577167510986 55.12626075744629, 324.0124225616455 54.84832572937012, 324.0124225616455 54.45293998718262, 324.225435256958 54.05737113952637, 324.6818561553955 53.81396293640137, 325.2902545928955 53.47936820983887, 325.7466144561768 52.99255180358887, 326.0204181671143 52.23193168640137, 326.0204181671143 51.62335014343262, 326.1422443389893 51.25835990905762, 326.4464435577393 50.64977836608887, 326.4464435577393 50.28472709655762, 326.2030353546143 49.58495903015137, 325.8380451202393 48.73296928405762))
Northernmost Latitude	56.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	48.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	33.56 °
Westernmost Longitude	36.15 °
Diameter	346.95 km
Center Latitude	52.71 °
Center Longitude	34.16 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((323.849140305672 56.4006037623791, 324.03169092425 55.7616765973571, 324.03169092425 55.3661502571054, 324.03169092425 55.2140247416239, 324.001265821153 54.8489235044685, 324.001265821153 54.4533971642168, 324.214241542827 54.057870823965, 324.670618089272 53.8144699991947, 325.279120151197 53.4797938651356, 325.735496697642 52.992992215595, 326.009322625508 52.2323646381878, 326.009322625508 51.6238625762621, 326.131023037893 51.2587613391066, 326.435274068856 50.6502592771809, 326.435274068856 50.2851580400254, 326.191873244086 49.5853806688108, 325.826772006931 48.7334777821148))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Spain
Quad	H-02 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Origin	Spanish; Magellan's and Del Cano's ship, first voyage around the world.
Last Updated	Oct 14, 2016 10:33 AM

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