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Planetary Names: Regio, regiones: Bosphorus Regio on Io

Bosphorus Regio

Feature Name	Bosphorus Regio
Clean Name	Bosphorus Regio
Feature ID	833
Target	Io
Feature Type	Regio, regiones
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	17.61 °
Southernmost Latitude	-23.01 °
Easternmost Longitude	96.14 °
Westernmost Longitude	145.88 °
Diameter	1607.21 km
Center Latitude	-2.30 °
Center Longitude	120.57 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((247.5464153289795 -22.39338493347168, 240.0892391204834 -23.00762367248535, 233.0315532684326 -22.14692497253418, 225.9738712310791 -20.09748458862305, 220.2478275299072 -16.04749298095703, 216.252908706665 -10.28011703491211, 214.1222896575928 -3.741451263427734, 214.5883617401123 3.710466384887695, 215.7202548980713 7.618844985961914, 218.6498584747314 10.9040699005127, 222.4450283050537 13.18298149108887, 227.4386730194092 15.82557106018066, 234.29660987854 17.10257530212402, 242.9522609710693 17.61097526550293, 250.2096920013428 16.52896690368652, 255.6694087982178 15.11971855163574, 258.9985065460205 13.57163047790527, 262.3941822052002 10.38057899475098, 263.7258205413818 6.429388046264648, 263.8589839935303 0.2508029937744141, 262.7270908355713 -6.063131332397461, 261.3288707733154 -11.1306095123291, 258.5324306488037 -16.2393627166748, 253.472204208374 -20.03494453430176, 247.5464153289795 -22.39338493347168)))
Northernmost Latitude	20.45 °
Southernmost Latitude	-22.85 °
Easternmost Longitude	96.18 °
Westernmost Longitude	145.91 °
Diameter	1615.15 km
Center Latitude	-1.58 °
Center Longitude	120.51 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((263.82 20.44999999995055, 214.09 20.44999999995055, 214.09 -22.84999999998112, 263.82 -22.84999999998112, 263.82 20.44999999995055)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	-
Reference	[33] - Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros, by Edith Hamilton: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Mass., 1942.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Origin	"Ford of the Cow"; Io wandered through here while trying to escape from the gadfly.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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