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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Margaritifer Terra
Clean Name Margaritifer Terra
Feature ID 3701
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 14.83 °
Southmost Latitude -24.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 350.00 °
Westmost Longitude 325.00 °
Diameter 2600.00 km
Center Latitude -4.94 °
Center Longitude 335.00 °
Northmost Latitude 14.83 °
Southmost Latitude -24.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.00 °
Westmost Longitude 35.00 °
Diameter 2600.00 km
Center Latitude -4.94 °
Center Longitude 25.00 °
Northmost Latitude 19.71 °
Southmost Latitude -23.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 350.56 °
Westmost Longitude 320.47 °
Diameter 2733.22 km
Center Latitude -1.85 °
Center Longitude 335.08 °
Northmost Latitude 19.71 °
Southmost Latitude -23.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.44 °
Westmost Longitude 39.53 °
Diameter 2733.22 km
Center Latitude -1.85 °
Center Longitude 24.92 °
Quad mc19 [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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