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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Breksta Dorsa]
Clean Name Breksta Dorsa
Feature ID 6793
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.00 °
Southmost Latitude 33.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 307.40 °
Westmost Longitude 300.60 °
Diameter 700.00 km
Center Latitude 35.90 °
Center Longitude 304.00 °
Quad v18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Lithuania
Origin Lithuanian night darkness goddess. (Name changed to Breksta Linea August 2004.)
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Mar 01, 2007 1:57 PM

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