Los, Sweden
Place in Hälsingland, Sweden
61°44′N 15°10′E / 61.733°N 15.167°E / 61.733; 15.167 (31 December 2010)[1]
Los is a locality situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
The village is known for its 18th-century cobalt mine, where Axel Fredrik Cronstedt discovered the chemical element of nickel in 1751. Today, the mine is a tourist attraction.
An 8-kilometre-wide crater on Mars was officially named after this village in 1979. The crater is located at 35.4°S and 76.3°W on the Martian surface.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Mars Nomenclature: Crater, craters". Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
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