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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kirinyaga Linea

Basic Info

Feature Name Kirinyaga Linea
Clean Name Kirinyaga Linea
Feature ID 14739
Target Rhea
Feature Type Linea, lineae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.90 °
Southmost Latitude -2.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.80 °
Westmost Longitude 143.80 °
Diameter 400.00 km
Center Latitude -1.80 °
Center Longitude 128.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 17, 2010
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Kenya
Origin Kikuyu (Kenya) holy mountain, where the creator god Ngai lives, when he came down from the sky (Mount Kenya).
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Jun 17, 2010 2:03 PM

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