Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chasma Boreale
Clean Name Chasma Boreale
Feature ID 1161
Target Mars
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 85.07 °
Southmost Latitude 79.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 343.80 °
Westmost Longitude 300.62 °
Diameter 459.88 km
Center Latitude 82.54 °
Center Longitude 312.36 °
Quad mc01 [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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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