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Stoney (Martian crater)
Stoney
is an
impact crater
in the
Mare Australe quadrangle
of
Mars
, located at 69.8°S latitude and 138.6°W
longitude
. It
measures
161
.
37
kilometers
in
diameter
and was named after
Anglo-Irish
physicist
George Johnstone Stoney
. The name was officially
adopted
by the
International Astronomical Union
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
in
1973
.