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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mariner
Clean Name Mariner
Feature ID 3711
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.29 °
Southmost Latitude -36.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 197.30 °
Westmost Longitude 194.00 °
Diameter 170.00 km
Center Latitude -34.78 °
Center Longitude 195.50 °
Northmost Latitude -33.29 °
Southmost Latitude -36.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 162.70 °
Westmost Longitude 166.00 °
Diameter 170.00 km
Center Latitude -34.78 °
Center Longitude 164.50 °
Northmost Latitude -33.36 °
Southmost Latitude -36.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 197.38 °
Westmost Longitude 194.16 °
Diameter 156.58 km
Center Latitude -34.68 °
Center Longitude 195.76 °
Northmost Latitude -33.36 °
Southmost Latitude -36.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 162.62 °
Westmost Longitude 165.84 °
Diameter 156.58 km
Center Latitude -34.68 °
Center Longitude 164.24 °
Quad mc24 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1967
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Named for Mariner IV spacecraft.
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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