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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bison
Clean Name Bison
Feature ID 758
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -26.13 °
Southmost Latitude -26.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.00 °
Westmost Longitude 330.70 °
Diameter 16.00 km
Center Latitude -26.33 °
Center Longitude 330.80 °
Northmost Latitude -26.13 °
Southmost Latitude -26.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.00 °
Westmost Longitude 29.30 °
Diameter 16.00 km
Center Latitude -26.33 °
Center Longitude 29.20 °
Northmost Latitude -26.17 °
Southmost Latitude -26.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.00 °
Westmost Longitude 330.71 °
Diameter 15.28 km
Center Latitude -26.31 °
Center Longitude 330.85 °
Northmost Latitude -26.17 °
Southmost Latitude -26.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.00 °
Westmost Longitude 29.29 °
Diameter 15.28 km
Center Latitude -26.31 °
Center Longitude 29.15 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Town in Kansas, USA.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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