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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Väinämöinen Vallis
Clean Name Vainamoinen Vallis
Feature ID 16084
Target Pluto
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 81.00 °
Southmost Latitude 75.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 119.51 °
Westmost Longitude 22.11 °
Diameter 438.00 km
Center Latitude 80.70 °
Center Longitude 70.81 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 27, 2022
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Finland
Origin Väinämöinen is a central character of the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. He traveled to the Underworld to seek knowledge of the dead.
Reference [638] - Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People, by Elias Lönnrot: Penguin Classics, 2021
Updated Jun 07, 2022 7:19 PM

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