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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bosporos Planum
Clean Name Bosporos Planum
Feature ID 834
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -29.71 °
Southmost Latitude -38.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 302.00 °
Westmost Longitude 287.00 °
Diameter 700.00 km
Center Latitude -34.18 °
Center Longitude 295.10 °
Northmost Latitude -29.71 °
Southmost Latitude -38.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.00 °
Westmost Longitude 73.00 °
Diameter 700.00 km
Center Latitude -34.18 °
Center Longitude 64.90 °
Northmost Latitude -29.06 °
Southmost Latitude -38.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.98 °
Westmost Longitude 287.23 °
Diameter 729.58 km
Center Latitude -33.87 °
Center Longitude 295.51 °
Northmost Latitude -29.06 °
Southmost Latitude -38.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.02 °
Westmost Longitude 72.77 °
Diameter 729.58 km
Center Latitude -33.87 °
Center Longitude 64.49 °
Quad mc25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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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