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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vires-Akka Chasma
Clean Name Vires Akka Chasma
Feature ID 6400
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 76.80 °
Southmost Latitude 74.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 349.10 °
Westmost Longitude 334.00 °
Diameter 742.00 km
Center Latitude 75.60 °
Center Longitude 341.60 °
Quad v01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Finland
Origin Saami-Lapp forest goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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