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Huggins (Martian crater)

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Huggins (Martian crater)

Huggins Crater is an impact crater in the Eridania quadrangle of Mars, located at 49.4°S latitude and 204.4°W longitude. It is 90.0 km in diameter and was named after William Huggins, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Dust devil tracks can be seen on dunes in one of the pictures below.

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