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Colombo

Crater (79.0 km) — Columbus, Christopher; Spanish explorer (1451-1506).

Coordinates
-15.255, 46.0218 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
79.019241
Etymology
Columbus, Christopher; Spanish explorer (1451-1506).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1273
Clean name
Colombo
Ethnicity
Spain
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-79

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