Goethe Basin & Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hasištejn Castle - gate, Czechia
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N 50° 26.696 E 013° 15.442
33U E 376270 N 5589553
Goethe Basin is an impact basin on Mercury
Waymark Code: WM11XKV
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/05/2020
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Goethe Basin is an impact basin at 81.4° N, 54.3° W on Mercury approximately 317 kilometers in diameter. It is named after German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Relief with a portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) (
visit link) on a plate commemorating the poet's visit to Hasištejn Castle in 1810. The relief was placed on the wall in 2010.