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Measured / Computed

Ventris

Crater (100.7 km) — Michael George Francis; British decipherer of Linear B Cretan script (1922-1956).

Coordinates
-4.7736, 157.9669 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
100.736
Etymology
Michael George Francis; British decipherer of Linear B Cretan script (1922-1956).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6349
Clean name
Ventris
Ethnicity
Great Britain
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-85

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