Tugaske is a
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impact crater, approximately in diameter. It is located at 32.1°S, 101.2°W, south of the crater
Dinorwic and southeast of the crater
Virrat
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. It is named after a town in
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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, and its name was approved by the
International Astronomical Union
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in 1991.
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'' 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007. According to a surface age map of Mars based on
US Geological Survey
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data, the area around Tugaske is from the
Noachian epoch, which places the area's age at 3.8 to 3.5 billion years ago.
The elevation around the rim averages about above zero altitude, and the deepest part of the crater floor, in the central pit, measures above zero altitude. The crater is therefore about deep.
References
Impact craters on Mars
Thaumasia quadrangle
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