Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Camões on Mercury

Camões

Feature Name Camões
Clean Name Camoes
Feature ID 994
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -70.40 °
Southernmost Latitude -70.80 °
Easternmost Longitude 67.10 °
Westernmost Longitude 72.00 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude -70.60 °
Center Longitude 69.60 °
Northernmost Latitude -70.39 °
Southernmost Latitude -72.03 °
Easternmost Longitude 65.64 °
Westernmost Longitude 70.72 °
Diameter 69.67 km
Center Latitude -71.21 °
Center Longitude 68.18 °
Northernmost Latitude -70.60 °
Southernmost Latitude -72.23 °
Easternmost Longitude 65.85 °
Westernmost Longitude 70.94 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude -71.42 °
Center Longitude 68.39 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Portugal
Quad H-15 [pdf]
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Origin Luiz (Vas) de; Portuguese poet (c. 1524-1580).
Last Updated Oct 07, 2016 3:33 PM

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