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Planetary Names: Promontorium, promontoria: Promontorium Agarum on Moon
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Promontorium Agarum
Feature Name
Promontorium Agarum
Clean Name
Promontorium Agarum
Feature ID
4838
Target
Moon
Feature Type
Promontorium, promontoria
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude
14.57 °
Southernmost Latitude
13.11 °
Easternmost Longitude
66.91 °
Westernmost Longitude
64.81 °
Diameter
62.46
km
Center Latitude
13.97 °
Center Longitude
65.86 °
WKT String
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Northernmost Latitude
14.58 °
Southernmost Latitude
13.11 °
Easternmost Longitude
66.78 °
Westernmost Longitude
64.81 °
Diameter
62.46
km
Center Latitude
13.87 °
Center Longitude
65.73 °
WKT String
MULTIPOLYGON (((66.04445457458496 13.2308177947998, 65.43998527526855 13.10803413391113, 65.22988700866699 13.20853614807129, 65.06173515319824 13.3919734954834, 65.01224327087402 13.5254077911377, 64.99335289001465 13.69541358947754, 64.8515453338623 13.80470848083496, 64.80950736999512 13.92318153381348, 64.97765922546387 14.21744346618652, 65.11905860900879 14.31680870056152, 65.3407154083252 14.4008846282959, 65.53561592102051 14.45056343078613, 65.7496280670166 14.45438575744629, 65.83666801452637 14.46808433532715, 65.92542457580566 14.5766773223877, 66.04007148742676 14.56903648376465, 66.12945747375488 14.54364204406738, 66.29001808166504 14.4019718170166, 66.55447196960449 14.22252082824707, 66.76225852966309 14.06196022033691, 66.78146934509277 13.9040699005127, 66.74324989318848 13.70534706115723, 66.56391716003418 13.49527168273926, 66.04445457458496 13.2308177947998)))
Northernmost Latitude
14.00 °
Southernmost Latitude
14.00 °
Easternmost Longitude
66.00 °
Westernmost Longitude
66.00 °
Diameter
70.00
km
Center Latitude
14.00 °
Center Longitude
66.00 °
WKT String
POINT (66 14)
kml download
Promontorium Agarum.kml
Continent
Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Russia
Quad
LAC-62
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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
Named from cape in Sea of Azov.
Last Updated
Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
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