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Planetary Names: Mare, maria: Mare Crisium on Moon

Mare Crisium

Feature Name	Mare Crisium
Clean Name	Mare Crisium
Feature ID	3671
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mare, maria
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	24.53 °
Southernmost Latitude	9.69 °
Easternmost Longitude	68.62 °
Westernmost Longitude	49.59 °
Diameter	555.92 km
Center Latitude	16.18 °
Center Longitude	59.10 °
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Northernmost Latitude	24.53 °
Southernmost Latitude	9.69 °
Easternmost Longitude	68.53 °
Westernmost Longitude	49.51 °
Diameter	555.92 km
Center Latitude	16.18 °
Center Longitude	59.10 °
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Northernmost Latitude	17.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	16.50 °
Easternmost Longitude	68.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	50.00 °
Diameter	418.00 km
Center Latitude	17.00 °
Center Longitude	59.10 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((68.2 16.5, 50 16.5, 50 17.4, 68.2 17.4, 68.2 16.5)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	LAC-44 [pdf]
Reference	[66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1935
Origin	"Sea of Crises."
Last Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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