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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Cavi Frigorēs]
Clean Name Cavi Frigores
Feature ID 1089
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


MDIM 2.0
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -77.15 °
Southmost Latitude -81.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.10 °
Westmost Longitude 293.10 °
Diameter 228.00 km
Center Latitude -78.97 °
Center Longitude 300.20 °
Northmost Latitude -77.15 °
Southmost Latitude -81.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.90 °
Westmost Longitude 66.90 °
Diameter 228.00 km
Center Latitude -78.97 °
Center Longitude 59.80 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin From classical albedo feature Polus Frigoris, at 84S, 30W. Name dropped Sept. 2006, and area covered by this feature included with Cavi Angusti.
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 Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM

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