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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ganis Chasma
Clean Name Ganis Chasma
Feature ID 2099
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 31.00 °
Southmost Latitude 7.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 200.00 °
Westmost Longitude 178.00 °
Diameter 3700.00 km
Center Latitude 18.00 °
Center Longitude 189.00 °
Quad v26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture Lapp
Origin Western Lapp forest maiden.
Reference [27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated Apr 09, 2009 1:06 PM
Additional Information Coordinates changed April 9, 2009 to extend the feature to the northwest.

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