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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lhamu
Clean Name Lhamu
Feature ID 16317
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


LOLA 2011
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -85.90 °
Southmost Latitude -85.94 °
Eastmost Longitude -1.30 °
Westmost Longitude -1.94 °
Diameter 1.40 km
Center Latitude -85.92 °
Center Longitude -1.62 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 29, 2024
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Nepal
Origin Pasang Lhamu Sherpa; first Nepalese female sherpa to climb Mount Everest (1961-1993).
Reference [797] - The Sherpas, in National Geographic, May 2003, p. a65: https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-2001/edg%20NG%202003-05/page/n103/mode/2up?q=Pasang+Lhamu
Updated Aug 06, 2024 4:37 PM

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