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Measured / Computed

Shackleton

Crater (20.9 km) — Sir Ernest Henry; Irish-born British Antarctic explorer (1874-1922).

Coordinates
-89.67, 129.78 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
20.924982
Etymology
Sir Ernest Henry; Irish-born British Antarctic explorer (1874-1922).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1994
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5450
Clean name
Shackleton
Ethnicity
Great Britain
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-144

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