Huggins (Martian crater)
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Huggins Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
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Dunes and dust devil tracks on floor of Huggins Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Dark streaks on dunes are dust devil tracks. Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image of Huggins 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).[1] Dust devil tracks can be seen on dunes in one of the pictures below.
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