Lunar Crater St. George - Saint George - Zagreb, Croatia
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N 45° 48.545 E 015° 58.146
33T E 575297 N 5073292
Lunar Crater St. George and Saint George in Zagreb, Croatia.
Waymark Code: WMX18P
Location: Croatia
Date Posted: 11/12/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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St. George is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drove their rover onto what was suspected to be its ejecta blanket in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 1. They collected samples to the northeast of the crater, at Geology Station 2 of the mission. St. George crater is located on the west slope of Mons Hadley Delta and approximately 4 km southwest of the Apollo 15 landing point. Bridge crater is to the northwest and Elbow crater is to the northeast. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.
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Saint George (between 256–285 A.D to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and officer in the Guard of Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for failing to recant his Christian faith. As a Christian martyr, he later became one of the most venerated saints in Christianity, and was especially venerated by the Crusaders. In hagiography, as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military saints, he is immortalized in the myth of Saint George and the Dragon. Numerous countries, cities, professions and organisations claim Saint George as their patron.
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Location for this waymark is the statue of St. George and the Dragon in Zagreb. The statue shows St. George during his fight with Dragon. The statue is located on the Marsal Tito Square in Zagreb, Croatia. The author of the statue is Austrian sculptor Anton Dominick Ritter von Fernkorn (1813-1878).
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