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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ausonia Montes
Clean Name Ausonia Montes
Feature ID 482
Target Mars
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -23.14 °
Southmost Latitude -28.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.07 °
Westmost Longitude 96.03 °
Diameter 333.13 km
Center Latitude -25.42 °
Center Longitude 99.04 °
Northmost Latitude -23.14 °
Southmost Latitude -28.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.93 °
Westmost Longitude 263.97 °
Diameter 333.13 km
Center Latitude -25.42 °
Center Longitude 260.96 °
Northmost Latitude -26.13 °
Southmost Latitude -28.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.00 °
Westmost Longitude 97.90 °
Diameter 158.00 km
Center Latitude -27.42 °
Center Longitude 98.80 °
Northmost Latitude -26.13 °
Southmost Latitude -28.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 260.00 °
Westmost Longitude 262.10 °
Diameter 158.00 km
Center Latitude -27.42 °
Center Longitude 261.20 °
Quad mc22 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
Origin 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 May 18, 2012 11:43 AM
Additional Information Feature boundary extended May 18, 2012 to include mountains to the northwest as well as the feature formerly called Tyrrhena Mons.

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