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Welcome to Kamloops, Mars!

9/26/2011

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Yes, our fair city has been honoured with a crater on Mars being named 'Kamloops'.
Our crater is just south-west (below and to the left) of the great 'happy face' crater pictured below.
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As per Wikipedia: "Crater Kamloops was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN) in 1991. The crater lies at 53.8° south latitude and 32.6° west longitude, with a diameter of 65 km (40 mi)."
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