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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gauwa Patera
Clean Name Gauwa Patera
Feature ID 16171
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Voyager/Galileo SSI
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 36.09 °
Southmost Latitude 35.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.74 °
Westmost Longitude 12.62 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude 35.65 °
Center Longitude 12.18 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 10, 2023
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Bushman
Origin !Kung (people of Sao/Bushmen group in Angola, Namibia, and Botswana) western sky sun god.
Reference [711] - Nyae Nyae !Kung, Belief and Rites by Lorna J. Marshall, Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999.
Updated May 10, 2024 5:28 PM

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