Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Arabia Terra
Clean Name Arabia Terra
Feature ID 336
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 45.36 °
Southmost Latitude -18.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.44 °
Westmost Longitude -29.69 °
Diameter 4851.74 km
Center Latitude 21.25 °
Center Longitude 5.72 °
Quad mc12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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