Quorn (Mars crater)

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Mars crater
Mars crater (Mars)
Mars crater
position 5 ° 34 '  N , 33 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 33 '36 "  N , 33 ° 37' 12"  E
diameter 6 km
history
Eponym Quorn , South Australia , Australia

Quorn is an impact crater on Mars with a mean diameter of 6.33 kilometers.

It is located on the western edge of the Margaritifer Terra highlands between the Capri Chasma and the Eos Chasma.

The Mars crater was named in 1996 after the small town of Quorn in the Australian state of South Australia .

See also

Web links

  • Quorn in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS