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Measured / Computed

Kane

Crater (55.0 km) — Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).

Coordinates
62.9949, 25.8433 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
54.963688
Etymology
Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2913
Clean name
Kane
Ethnicity
American
Continent
North America
Quad
LAC-13

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