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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Culter
Clean Name Culter
Feature ID 6959
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -8.80 °
Southmost Latitude -8.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.11 °
Westmost Longitude 306.02 °
Diameter 4.87 km
Center Latitude -8.84 °
Center Longitude 306.07 °
Northmost Latitude -8.80 °
Southmost Latitude -8.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.89 °
Westmost Longitude 53.98 °
Diameter 4.87 km
Center Latitude -8.84 °
Center Longitude 53.93 °
Northmost Latitude -8.70 °
Southmost Latitude -8.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.05 °
Westmost Longitude 305.97 °
Diameter 4.60 km
Center Latitude -8.74 °
Center Longitude 306.01 °
Northmost Latitude -8.70 °
Southmost Latitude -8.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.95 °
Westmost Longitude 54.03 °
Diameter 4.60 km
Center Latitude -8.74 °
Center Longitude 53.99 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Scotland
Origin Village near Aberdeen, Scotland, also called Peterculter.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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