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Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Zal Montes on Io

Zal Montes

Feature Name	Zal Montes
Clean Name	Zal Montes
Feature ID	6694
Target	Io
Feature Type	Mons, montes
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	43.86 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.22 °
Easternmost Longitude	69.82 °
Westernmost Longitude	84.22 °
Diameter	428.17 km
Center Latitude	38.08 °
Center Longitude	77.00 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((290.18 43.85999999997266, 275.78 43.85999999997266, 275.78 31.22000000000909, 290.18 31.22000000000909, 290.18 43.85999999997266)))
Northernmost Latitude	43.98 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.29 °
Easternmost Longitude	70.18 °
Westernmost Longitude	84.80 °
Diameter	436.00 km
Center Latitude	38.43 °
Center Longitude	77.18 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((286.6409435272217 37.81354713439941, 287.2582569122314 37.21088981628418, 287.4244556427002 36.96467018127441, 287.5906581878662 35.64449501037598, 287.8755702972412 35.2576732635498, 288.2791957855225 34.7130069732666, 288.7303104400635 33.90895652770996, 289.323881149292 33.09724998474121, 289.608793258667 32.63858222961426, 289.8224773406982 31.61313438415527, 289.798734664917 31.39045143127441, 289.6800212860107 31.43097877502441, 289.4425945281982 31.43097877502441, 288.9439945220947 31.28906059265137, 288.6115970611572 31.32962989807129, 288.136739730835 31.81510734558105, 287.66188621521 32.17755317687988, 287.2819995880127 32.41838264465332, 287.2582569122314 33.15690040588379, 287.2345142364502 33.59309959411621, 287.0683155059814 34.26290321350098, 287.0208301544189 34.55672645568848, 286.4984874725342 35.04413032531738, 286.3085460662842 35.02469062805176, 285.7862033843994 34.94687843322754, 285.1688938140869 35.02469062805176, 284.7415218353271 35.12184715270996, 284.9552059173584 35.41262626647949, 284.7177791595459 35.58658790588379, 284.5278377532959 35.99104118347168, 284.3141536712646 36.31694221496582, 284.2429218292236 36.66053581237793, 284.3853816986084 37.19197654724121, 284.5515804290771 37.49398994445801, 284.7652645111084 37.56930351257324, 285.2163791656494 37.49398994445801, 285.6912326812744 37.49398994445801, 285.9286632537842 37.7009220123291, 286.2373180389404 37.86979866027832, 286.6409435272217 37.81354713439941)), ((282.2960147857666 40.15701484680176, 282.1773014068604 39.97530937194824, 281.9636173248291 39.84782981872559, 281.7499294281006 39.86605644226074, 281.6312160491943 40.01169013977051, 281.3700466156006 39.90249443054199, 281.3225612640381 39.82959938049316, 281.1801052093506 39.53724479675293, 280.8239612579346 39.31717109680176, 280.4440784454346 39.02265357971191, 280.1591625213623 39.00420570373535, 279.9217357635498 39.28042411804199, 279.4231395721436 39.31717109680176, 278.6158847808838 38.93036460876465, 278.473424911499 38.63423347473145, 278.5209102630615 38.42993354797363, 278.4971675872803 38.20639610290527, 278.2359981536865 38.00087928771973, 277.4999713897705 37.83230400085449, 276.8826580047607 37.6821346282959, 276.5502605438232 37.60693168640137, 275.4818363189697 37.58812141418457, 275.24440574646 37.7009220123291, 275.1969203948975 37.96345329284668, 275.2681484222412 38.24370002746582, 275.600549697876 38.59713172912598, 275.9329471588135 38.93036460876465, 276.0279178619385 39.15165519714355, 275.980432510376 39.4089527130127, 276.075403213501 39.53724479675293, 276.241605758667 39.5738582611084, 276.3840618133545 39.55555534362793, 276.4078044891357 39.37225532531738, 276.5502605438232 39.17006492614746, 276.8351726531982 39.17006492614746, 276.977632522583 39.3538990020752, 276.9538898468018 39.5738582611084, 276.8589153289795 40.04804801940918, 277.357515335083 41.11193656921387, 277.6899127960205 41.41533470153809, 278.1172847747803 41.66413307189941, 278.5209102630615 41.80587577819824, 279.30442237854 42.10603523254395, 280.0641918182373 42.42230796813965, 280.7052478790283 42.75443458557129, 281.1563625335693 42.92852592468262, 281.6787014007568 43.06744194030762, 282.1298160552979 43.44785118103027, 282.9608135223389 43.80875205993652, 283.3406963348389 43.97984504699707, 283.5068988800049 43.96275901794434, 283.3881816864014 43.67152214050293, 282.8658428192139 42.64974403381348, 282.6759014129639 41.64639472961426, 282.5334415435791 41.11193656921387, 282.2485294342041 40.60915184020996, 282.2960147857666 40.15701484680176)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Iran
Quad	-
Reference	[83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Origin	Iranian sun god.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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