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■ Measured / ComputedPromontorium Taenarium
Promontorium (70.0 km) — Named from cape in Greece; now Matapan or Tainaron.
- Coordinates
- -18.6301, -7.34219999999999 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Promontorium
- Feature type
- Promontorium, promontoria
- Feature type code
- PR
- Diameter km
- 70
- Etymology
- Named from cape in Greece; now Matapan or Tainaron.
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1961
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4846
- Clean name
- Promontorium Taenarium
- Ethnicity
- Greek
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-95
Primary source