Dejnev (crater)

Dejnev (crater)
Dejnev Crater
Dejnev Crater Floor.JPG
Dejnev Crater Floor, as seen by HiRISE. Scale bar is 500 meters long. Click on image to see large pits.
Planet Mars
Coordinates 25°30′S 164°48′W / 25.5°S 164.8°W / -25.5; -164.8Coordinates: 25°30′S 164°48′W / 25.5°S 164.8°W / -25.5; -164.8
Diameter 156 km
Eponym Semen Ivanovich Dejnev, a Russian geographer, explorer, and navigator (1605-1673)

Dejnev Crater is a crater in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 25.5° south latitude and 164.8° west longitude. It is 156 km in diameter and was named after Semen Ivanovich Dejnev, a Russian geographer, explorer, and navigator (1605–1673).[1]

References

  1. ^ http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov



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