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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Utopia Planitia
Clean Name Utopia Planitia
Feature ID 6260
Target Mars
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 69.78 °
Southmost Latitude 14.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 160.00 °
Westmost Longitude 65.00 °
Diameter 3200.00 km
Center Latitude 49.67 °
Center Longitude 118.00 °
Northmost Latitude 69.78 °
Southmost Latitude 14.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 200.00 °
Westmost Longitude 295.00 °
Diameter 3200.00 km
Center Latitude 49.67 °
Center Longitude 242.00 °
Northmost Latitude 73.17 °
Southmost Latitude 12.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.89 °
Westmost Longitude 71.86 °
Diameter 3560.45 km
Center Latitude 46.74 °
Center Longitude 117.52 °
Northmost Latitude 73.17 °
Southmost Latitude 12.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 195.11 °
Westmost Longitude 288.14 °
Diameter 3560.45 km
Center Latitude 46.74 °
Center Longitude 242.48 °
Quad mc06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
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 Jun 21, 2012 1:29 PM

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