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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Yorktown
Clean Name Yorktown
Feature ID 6671
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.95 °
Southmost Latitude 22.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 311.42 °
Westmost Longitude 311.28 °
Diameter 8.01 km
Center Latitude 22.88 °
Center Longitude 311.35 °
Northmost Latitude 22.95 °
Southmost Latitude 22.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 48.58 °
Westmost Longitude 48.72 °
Diameter 8.01 km
Center Latitude 22.88 °
Center Longitude 48.65 °
Northmost Latitude 22.96 °
Southmost Latitude 22.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 311.30 °
Westmost Longitude 311.20 °
Diameter 8.10 km
Center Latitude 22.86 °
Center Longitude 311.30 °
Northmost Latitude 22.96 °
Southmost Latitude 22.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 48.70 °
Westmost Longitude 48.80 °
Diameter 8.10 km
Center Latitude 22.86 °
Center Longitude 48.70 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Culture United States
Origin American colonial town (Virginia).
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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