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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Barauka
Clean Name Barauka
Feature ID 603
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.60 °
Southmost Latitude 10.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 346.30 °
Westmost Longitude 346.30 °
Diameter 12.90 km
Center Latitude 10.60 °
Center Longitude 346.30 °
Quad v31 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Nigeria
Origin Hausa (Nigeria) first name.
Reference [107] - List provided by George Burba, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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