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Planetary Names: Chasma, chasmata: Chasma Boreale on Mars

Chasma Boreale

Feature Name	Chasma Boreale
Clean Name	Chasma Boreale
Feature ID	1161
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Chasma, chasmata
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	85.14 °
Southernmost Latitude	78.97 °
Easternmost Longitude	299.00 °
Westernmost Longitude	3.40 °
Diameter	560.00 km
Center Latitude	82.92 °
Center Longitude	312.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((3.4 78.9736979947, 299 78.9736979947, 299 85.1432625951, 3.4 85.1432625951, 3.4 78.9736979947)))
Northernmost Latitude	85.14 °
Southernmost Latitude	78.97 °
Easternmost Longitude	61.00 °
Westernmost Longitude	356.60 °
Diameter	560.00 km
Center Latitude	82.92 °
Center Longitude	47.10 °
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Northernmost Latitude	85.07 °
Southernmost Latitude	79.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	343.80 °
Westernmost Longitude	300.62 °
Diameter	459.88 km
Center Latitude	82.54 °
Center Longitude	312.36 °
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Northernmost Latitude	85.07 °
Southernmost Latitude	79.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	16.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	59.38 °
Diameter	459.88 km
Center Latitude	82.54 °
Center Longitude	47.64 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	mc01 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1973
Origin	Classical albedo feature name.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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