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Magelhaens

Crater (37.2 km) — Fernao De (Ferdinand Magellan); Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).

Coordinates
-11.9758, 44.074 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
37.204609
Etymology
Fernao De (Ferdinand Magellan); Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3578
Clean name
Magelhaens
Ethnicity
Portugal
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-79

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