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Bellinsgauzen (Bellingshausen)

Crater (63.2 km) — Faddei Faddeevich; Russian explorer (1778-1852).

Coordinates
-60.7163, -164.8493 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
63.228695
Etymology
Faddei Faddeevich; Russian explorer (1778-1852).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/674
Clean name
Bellinsgauzen Bellingshausen
Ethnicity
Russia
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-133

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